Psalms 59:7-17

7 Behold, they ¹belch forth with their mouth; ²Swords are in their lips, For, they say, "³Who hears?"

8 But You, O LORD, ⁴laugh at them; You ⁵scoff at all the nations.

9 Because of his ⁶strength I will watch for You, For God is my ⁷stronghold.

10 My God ⁸in His lovingkindness will meet me; God will let me ⁹look triumphantly upon my foes.

11 Do not slay them, ¹⁰or my people will forget; ¹¹Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, ¹²our shield.

12 On account of the ¹³sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be ¹⁴caught in their pride, And on account of ¹⁵curses and lies which they utter.

13 ¹⁶Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more; That men may ¹⁷know that God rules in Jacob To the ends of the earth. Selah.

14 They ¹⁸return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city.

15 They ¹⁹wander about for food And growl if they are not satisfied.

16 But as for me, I shall ²⁰sing of Your strength; Yes, I shall ²¹joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the ²²morning, For You have been my ²³stronghold And a ²⁴refuge in the day of my distress.

17 ²⁵O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my ²⁶stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.

Read Chapter Compare

Images for Psalms 59:7-17

Psalms 59:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. The history of Saul's sending messengers to watch the house of David, and to kill him when he rose in the morning, is in 1 Samuel 19:11; which was the occasion of his writing this psalm; though the title of the Syriac version of it is, "David said or composed this, when he heard that the priests were slain by Saul:" and in the same is added, "but unto us it declares the conversion of the Gentiles to the faith, and the rejection of the Jews." And which perhaps is designed in Psalm 59:5; and some interpreters are of opinion that the whole psalm is to be understood of Christ, of whom David was a type, especially in his sufferings; and there are some things in it which better agree with him than with David, as particularly his being without sin, Psalm 59:3.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 26

1. Psalms 94:4; Proverbs 15:2, 28
2. Psalms 57:4; Proverbs 12:18
3. Job 22:13; Psalms 10:11; Psalms 73:11; Psalms 94:7
4. Psalms 37:13; Proverbs 1:26
5. Psalms 2:4
6. Psalms 18:17
7. Psalms 9:9; Psalms 62:2
8. Psalms 21:3
9. Psalms 54:7
10. Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:12
11. Psalms 106:27; Psalms 144:6; Isaiah 33:3
12. Psalms 84:9
13. Proverbs 12:13
14. Zephaniah 3:11
15. Psalms 10:7
16. Psalms 104:35
17. Psalms 83:18
18. Psalms 59:6
19. Job 15:23
20. Psalms 21:13
21. Psalms 101:1
22. Psalms 5:3; Psalms 88:13
23. Psalms 59:9
24. 2 Samuel 22:3; Psalms 46:1
25. Psalms 59:9
26. Psalms 59:10

Footnotes 12

[a]. Many mss and some ancient versions read "My strength"
[b]. Many mss and some ancient versions read "The God of my lovingkindness"
[c]. Lit "those who lie in wait for me"
[d]. Or "Make them wander"
[e]. Or "The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips,"
[f]. Lit "lying"
[g]. Lit "Bring to an end"
[h]. Lit "Bring to an end"
[i]. Or "is Ruler"
[j]. Or "to devour"
[k]. Another reading is "tarry all night"
[l]. Lit "God of my lovingkindness"