Psalms 54:5

5 May he repay the evil to those who are lying in wait for me. 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 foreigners are rising against me, violent men are seeking my life; they give no thought to God. (Selah)
4 But God is helping me; Adonai is my support.
5 May he repay the evil to those who are lying in wait for me. In your faithfulness, destroy them!
6 Then I will generously sacrifice to you; I will praise your name, ADONAI, because it is good,
7 because he rescued me from all trouble, and my eyes look with triumph at my enemies.
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