Salmos 59:6-14 NVT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 59:1-7

The title of this psalm acquaints us particularly with the occasion on which it was penned; it was when Saul sent a party of his guards to beset David's house in the night, that they might seize him and kill him; we have the story 1 Sam. 19:11. It was when his hostilities against David were newly begun, and he had but just before narrowly escaped Saul's javelin. These first eruptions of Saul's malice could not but put David into disorder and be both grievous and terrifying, and yet he kept up... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 59:8-17

David here encourages himself, in reference to the threatening power of his enemies, with a pious resolution to wait upon God and a believing expectation that he should yet praise him. I. He resolves to wait upon God (Ps. 59:9): ?Because of his strength? (either the strength of his enemies, the fear of which drove him to God, or because of God's strength, the hope of which drew him to God) ?Will I wait upon thee, with a believing dependence upon thee and confidence in thee.? It is our wisdom... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:6

They return at evening ,.... It was at evening Saul sent messengers to watch David's house, that they might take him in the morning; but missing him, perhaps after a fruitless search for him all the day, returned at evening to watch his house again; or they might come, and go and return the first evening. So it was night when Judas set out from Bethany, to go to the chief priests at Jerusalem, to covenant with them, and betray his master; and it was in the night he did betray him, after he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:7

Behold, they belch out with their mouth ,.... Bark like dogs, so Aben Ezra; or "bubble out" F21 יביעון "scaturient", Montanus; "copiose eructant", Gejerus. , as a fountain bubbles out with water; so they cast out their wickedness in great abundance; see Jeremiah 6:7 ; the phrase denotes the abundance of evil things and wicked speeches that came out of their mouths, which showed the naughtiness of their hearts; so David's enemies blustered and threatened what they would do to him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:8

But thou, O Lord, shall laugh at them ,.... Disappoint their counsels, hinder them from performing their enterprise; send them back with shame and confusion, and expose them to the laughter and derision of others; as Saul's messengers were, when instead of David they found an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for its bolster, 1 Samuel 19:16 ; the same is said as here with respect to the enemies of Christ, Psalm 2:4 ; thou shall have all the Heathen in derision : either... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:9

Because of his strength will I wait upon thee ,.... Either because of the strength of Saul, who was stronger than David, he determined to wait upon the Lord for salvation and deliverance from him; or because of the strength of the Lord, which he expected from him, and therefore would wait upon him for it. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, and also the Chaldee paraphrase, render the words, "my strength will I keep for thee"; or "with thee". I ascribe all my strength unto thee; I... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:10

The God of my mercy shall prevent me ,.... Or "of my grace", or "goodness", as the Targum; see 1 Peter 5:10 . God is gracious in himself, and he has treasured up a fulness of grace in Christ: he is the donor of all the blessings of grace in the covenant; and the author of all internal grace in the hearts of his people; and who supplies them with more grace as they want it; and he is the Father of all temporal and spiritual mercies. The "Cetib", or writing, is חסדו , "his mercy"; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:11

Slay thou not ,.... Though they deserved to be slain, and the Lord seemed as if he was about to slay them, who was able to do it; he seemed to be whetting his glittering sword, and his hand to take hold of vengeance ready to execute it; wherefore intercession is made to spare them, which agrees with Christ's petition on the cross, Luke 23:34 . The Targum adds, "immediately": slay them not directly, and at once; give them space for repentance; and so the Jews had: for it was forty years... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:12

For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips ,.... The words may be read as one proposition, "the words of their lips are the sin of their mouth" F25 So Gejerus, Schmidt. ; they speak nothing but evil; whatever they say is sin; out of the abundance of their evil hearts their mouths speak: or "for the sin of their mouth" and lips; because of the calumnies cast by them on the Messiah, traducing him as a sinful man, a blasphemer, a seditious person, and even as one that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:13

Consume them in wrath, consume them ,.... The repetition of the request shows the ardour and vehemency of the mind of the petitioner, and the importunity in which he put up the petition; and suggests that the persons designed were guilty of very great sins, deserving of the wrath of God, and which came upon them to the uttermost, 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; that they may not be ; either any more in the land of the living; be utterly extinct, having no being in this world, Jeremiah... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 59:1-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 59:8-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 59:13

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