Psalms 59:5
Even thou, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations. Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault. Awake thou to help me, and behold.
6They return at evening. They howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
Cross References
Exodus 3:15And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall thou say to the sons of Israel, LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memor
Psalms 7:7And let the congregation of the peoples encompass thee about, and return thou on high over them.
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Psalms 55:15Let death come suddenly upon them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
Psalms 84:8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Isaiah 27:11When the boughs of it are withered, they shall be broken off. The women shall come, and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion upon them, and he who formed them
Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:2-8
Prayer for Deliverance. 1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord . 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked… Read the whole commentary →