Psalms 59:2
when he had burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Zobah, and Joab had returned and smitten in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
In Context
1For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction,
3O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; 1 Thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us. 1
Cross References
Psalms 7:2O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: 1 Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. 1
Psalms 27:2Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, 1 When I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple. 1
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 →