Psalms 59:10
Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. Into Idumea, I will extend my shoe. To me, the foreigners have been made subject.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
In Context
9Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. And Ephraim is the strength of my head. Judah is my king.
11Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me all the way to Idumea?
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:10And David said: “As the Lord lives, unless the Lord himself will strike him, or unless his day to die will have arrived, or unless, descending into battle, he will perish,
2 Samuel 1:17Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.
Psalms 21:3My God, I will cry out by day, and you will not heed, and by night, and it will not be foolishness for me.
Psalms 54:5My heart has become disturbed within me, and the dread of death has fallen over me.
Psalms 56:2Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. For my soul trusts in you. And I will hope in the shadow of your wings, until iniquity passes away.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:9-17
Confidence in God. 8 But thou, O Lord , shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. 10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.… Read the whole commentary →