Psalms 54:5

5 May God use their own evil to punish my enemies. He will destroy them because he is faithful.

Psalms 54:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 54:5

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies
That eyed him as Saul did; that observed his haunts, where he resorted, and who were with him, as the Ziphites did under Saul's direction; as the Word F13 here used for "enemies" signifies: the mischief they had devised for him, he believed, would be returned upon their own heads; the pit they digged they would fall into themselves; and the net they had spread for others their own feet would be taken in. This was true as of David's enemies, so of Christ's, the wicked Jews, who narrowly watched him to take every advantage against him;

cut them off in thy truth;
root and branch, as Saul, and his family, and his courtiers, quickly were, according to the truth of promises made to David, and of threatenings unto them.


FOOTNOTES:

F13 (yrrvl) "observatoribus meis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Psalms 54:5 In-Context

3 Proud people are coming to attack me; cruel people are trying to kill me - those who do not care about God.
4 But God is my helper. The Lord is my defender.
5 May God use their own evil to punish my enemies. He will destroy them because he is faithful.
6 I will gladly offer you a sacrifice, O Lord; I will give you thanks because you are good.
7 You have rescued me from all my troubles, and I have seen my enemies defeated.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.