Psalm 54:5

5 Er wird das Böse zurückerstatten meinen Feinden; nach deiner Wahrheit vertilge sie!

Psalm 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.

Psalm 54:5 In-Context

3 Denn Fremde sind wider mich aufgestanden, und Gewalttätige trachten nach meinem Leben; sie haben Gott nicht vor sich gestellt. (Sela.)
4 Siehe, Gott ist mein Helfer; der Herr ist unter denen, die meine Seele stützen.
5 Er wird das Böse zurückerstatten meinen Feinden; nach deiner Wahrheit vertilge sie!
6 Opfern will ich dir mit Freiwilligkeit; deinen Namen will ich preisen, Jehova, denn er ist gut.
7 Denn aus aller Bedrängnis hat er mich errettet; und mein Auge hat seine Lust gesehen an meinen Feinden.
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