Bible Commentary

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 6. He compares his enemies to a troop of savage and hungry dogs (Psa 22:16) such as still infest Oriental towns, in the day-time sleeping in the sun or slinking lazily about, but as night comes on collecting … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 59:6”

Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. 5. Yea, do Thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to visit all the nations: Be not gracious to any treacherous workers of iniquity. Thou is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 59:5”

They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to help me, and behold. They run and prepare themselves – That is, they hasten to accomplish this; they are quick to obey the command of Saul requiring them to slay me. The word prepare refers to whatever was deemed necessary to enable them to accomplish … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 59:4”

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. 3, 4. For, lo, strong ones have laid wait for my life, They gather themselves together against me, For no transgression or sin of mine, Jehovah. For no iniquity (of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 59:3”

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 2. from bloody men ] Better, from bloodthirsty men (Psa 5:6; Psa 55:23; Psa 139:19; Pro 29:10). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Deliver me from the workers of iniquity – The workers of iniquity here referred to were Saul … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 59:2”

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. 1. Deliver me ] Son 7:1, and frequently. defend me ] Better, as R.V., set me on high (Psa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 59:1”

So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. 11. So that a man shall say ] Rather, So that men shall say: the mass of men, who are neither ‘righteous’ nor ‘wicked,’ but as it were spectators of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 58:11”

The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. 10. The righteous shall rejoice &c.] On the moral aspects of the triumph of the godly at the just punishment of the wicked see note on Psa 5:11, and generally, Introd. pp. lxxxviii ff. It … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 58:10”

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath. 9. The general sense of the verse is clear, though the second line is extremely obscure and possibly corrupt. The first line certainly means, Before your pots can feel the thorns (possibly a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 58:9”

As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun. 8. Let them be like a snail which melts away and is gone: Like the untimely births of women, that have not seen the sun. Two more figures for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 58:8”