Psalms 59:5
Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to meet me, and behold.
6They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:
Cross References
Exodus 3:15And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Psalms 7:7And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high.
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 55:15Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
Psalms 84:8Jehovah, God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Isaiah 27:11When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come [and] set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour.
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 →