Psalms 59:1
To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 16:2And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death.
Psalms 7:1Shiggaion of David; a song which he made to the Lord, about the words of Cush the Benjamite.
Psalms 18:48\18:47\It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.
Psalms 57:1To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.
Psalms 71:4O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.
Psalms 143:9O Lord, take me out of the hands of my haters; my soul is waiting for you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:1
This psalm is of the same nature and scope with six or seven foregoing psalms; they are all filled with David's complaints of the malice of his enemies and of their cursed and cruel designs against him, his prayers and prophecies against them, and his comfort and confidence in God as his God. The first is the language of nature, and may be allowed; the second of a prophetical spirit, looking forward to Christ and the enemies of his kingdom, and therefore not to be drawn into a precedent; the third of grace and a… Read the whole commentary →