Psalms 59:5
You, LORD God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
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In Context
4I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!
6They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.
Cross References
Exodus 3:15God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
Psalms 7:7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.
Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Psalms 55:15Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is amongst them, in their dwelling.
Psalms 84:8LORD, God of Armies, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favour.
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 →