Psalm 54:5

5 Er wird die Bosheit meinen Feinden bezahlen. Verstöre sie durch deine Treue!

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 Stolze setzen sich wider mich, und Trotzige stehen mir nach meiner Seele und haben Gott nicht vor Augen. (Sela.)
4 Siehe, Gott steht mir bei, der HERR erhält meine Seele.
5 Er wird die Bosheit meinen Feinden bezahlen. Verstöre sie durch deine Treue!
6 So will ich dir ein Freudenopfer tun und deinen Namen, HERR, danken, daß er so tröstlich ist.
7 Denn du errettest mich aus aller meiner Not, daß mein Auge an meinen Feinden Lust sieht.
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