Psalms 59:5
Even thou, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake thou to help me, and behold.
6They return at evening, they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Cross References
Exodus 3:15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Psalms 7:7And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about: and over them return thou on high.
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 55:15Let death come suddenly upon them, let them go down alive into the pit: for wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
Psalms 84:8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will shew 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 →