Psalms 54:5

5 He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

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 For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah
4 Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul.
5 He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.
6 Freely I will sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.
7 For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
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