Psalms 59:5
You, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, awake! And punish the proud, every one; spare none of the traitors vile. Selah
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4they run and make ready. Awake! Come forth to meet me, and see!
6At evening they come, and, howling like dogs, make their round in the city.
Cross References
Psalms 7:7Gather the nations about you, and sit on your lofty throne,
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk in the pit which they made, in the net that they hid, their own foot is entangled.
Psalms 55:15May death suddenly take them, may they go down to Sheol alive, for evil lives in their homes and their hearts.
Psalms 84:8Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer, attend, O God of Jacob. Selah
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 →