Psalms 59:4
Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
In Context
3O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.
5Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.
Cross References
Genesis 40:15For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.
1 Samuel 19:12So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.
Isaiah 59:7And + 59:7 Rom. 3. 15-17. their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts + 59:7 Gr. from murders, but Alex. reads ὐφρόνων.of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways;
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 →