Psalms 59:1
For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction,
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 reported to the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither: and they compassed him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and they were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait till the dawn appear, and we will slay him.
Psalms 7:1A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Cush the Benjaminite. 1
Psalms 57:1For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial. 1
Psalms 71:4He shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, 1 And save the children of the needy; 1 And shall bring low the false accuser. 1
Psalms 143:9O God, I will sing a new song to thee: 1 I will play to thee on a psaltery of ten strings. 1
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 →