Psalms 59:5
Thou hast shown thy people hard things: 1 Thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
4Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; 1 Heal its breaches, for it has been shaken. 1
6Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, 1 That they might flee from the bow. Pause. 1
Cross References
Exodus 3:15And God said again to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the sons of Israel, The Lord God of our fathers, the God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and my memorial to generations of generations.
Psalms 7:7Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; 1 Be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: 1 Awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command. 1
Psalms 9:15That I may declare all thy praises 1 In the gates of the daughter of Zion: 1 I will exult in thy salvation. 1
Psalms 84:8Show us thy mercy, O Lord, 1 And grant us thy salvation. 1
Isaiah 27:11And after a time there shall be in it no green thing because of the grass being parched. Come hither, ye women that come from a sight; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them shall have no pity upon them, and he that formed them shall have no mercy upon them.
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 →