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Psalms 59:11

Slay them not, lest my people forget, the lesson of their punishment being forgotten with their total removal; scatter them, leading them astray, driving them into the wilderness, by Thy power and bring them down, humbling them before all people, O Lord, our Shield. In this way the fate of the enemies would serve as a continual example of warning.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 59:11. _SLAY THEM NOT, LEST MY PEOPLE FORGET_] I believe the Chaldee gives the true sense of this verse: "Do not slay them suddenly, lest my people should forget. Drive them from their h...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SLAY THEM NOT, LEST MY PEOPLE FORGET - The meaning of this seems to be, Do not destroy them at once, lest, being removed out of the way, the people should forget what was done, or should lose the impr...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 59 Gentile Enmity Against Israel _ 1. Surrounded by nations (Psalms 59:1)_ 2. Their judgment anticipated (Psalms 59:9) Another Michtam of David when he was persecuted by Saul. While in prev...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LIX. The Ps. seems to be directed against Jewish and not foreign enemies. It might well be a prayer for the downfall of the aristocratic Sadducees. On the other hand in Psalms 59:5 and Psalms 59:8 the...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LORD*. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ altered "Jehovah" to "Adonai". App-32....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    His enemies will be punished: yet let them not be utterly destroyed forthwith, but kept awhile for a warning, till they perish through their own iniquity, an evidence of the sovereignty of God....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Slay them not_ Apparently inconsistent with Psalms 59:13; but burning indignation does not study logical consistency. What he desires is that they may not be destroyed outright by some signal catastr...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SLAY THEM NOT, &C.— _Wilt thou not cut them off? Lest my people forget thee, cause them to shake by thy power, and bring them down to destruction, O Lord, our shield._ Chandler....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 59 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Beleaguered Psalmist Prays for Rescue and Avenging. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 59:1-5, In Praying for Rescue, the Psalmist Describes the Character and Conduct of his...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SLAY THEM NOT, LEST MY PEOPLE FORGET: SCATTER THEM BY THY POWER; AND BRING THEM DOWN, O LORD OUR SHIELD._ Slay them not, lest my people forget - Slay not the race, while thou consumest (Psalms 59:13...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; _set_ to Al-tashheth. _A Psalm_ of David: Michtam: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.' For the first part of the title see on Psalms 57. The s...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SLAY THEM NOT] must be understood in the light of Psalms 59:13. The prayer is that they may not be suddenly cut off, but may be allowed to perish gradually in their sin, in order that Israel may have...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SLAY THEM NOT, LEST MY PEOPLE FORGET... — The Spartans refused to allow the destruction of a neighbouring city, which had often called forth their armies, saying, “Destroy not the whetstone of our you...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 59:12]_ אַל ־תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם ׀ פֶּֽן ־יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ עַמִּ֗י...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 59:1 THE superscription makes this the earliest of David's psalms, dating from the Sauline persecution. It has many points of connection with the others of that group, but its closest affinitie...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “GOD IS MY HIGH TOWER” Psalms 59:1 This is the fifth of the _Michtams,_ or “Golden Psalms.” Compare Psalms 16:1; Psalms 56:1; Psalms

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Again we have a song from the midst of peril. The singer is the object of determined, stealthy, and malignant opposition. It is divided into two parts, both ending with the same declaration, "God is m...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Slay them (i) not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. (i) Altogether, but little by little, that the people seeing your judgments often, may be...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _city. The capital of the aforesaid counties, or Jerusalem; (Calmet) but more particularly Petra, (Haydock) the strongest place in Idumea. (Menochius) (Abdias, 3.) (Berthier) --- The Fathers understan...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The perilous state of the wicked, and the safety of the righteous, is finely contrasted in the view of the ruin of the one, and the everlasting security of the other. But let not the Reader overlook t...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    11_Slay them not, lest my people forget _David very properly suggests this to his own mind, as a consideration which should produce patience. We are apt to think, when God has not annihilated our enem...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 59 gives more the external enemies. The same wickedness is found there, but the might of human power with it. But they also must be judged, that wickedness may be set aside. Nor was it the sin...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SLAY THOU NOT,.... Though they deserved to be slain, and the Lord seemed as if he was about to slay them, who was able to do it; he seemed to be whetting his glittering sword, and his hand to take hol...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. Ver. 11. _Slay them not, lest my people forget_] _Marcet sine adversario virtus,_ the natural...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Slay them not_ Hebrew, אל תהרגם, _al tahargeem, Thou wilt not slay them_, namely, suddenly, or at once; _lest my people_ My countrymen, those over whom thou hast appointed me to be governor in due ti...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-17 It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, in whom we shall be safe. It is very comfortable to us, in prayer, to look to God as the Go...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SLAY THEM NOT, to wit, suddenly, or at once. MY PEOPLE; my countrymen; or those over whom thou hast appointed me to be governor in due time. Forget their former danger, and thy glorious mercy in deliv...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 59:11 slay H2026 (H8799) people H5971 forget H7911 (H8799) Scatter H5128 (H8685) power H2428 down...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID POINTS OUT TO GOD THAT HE IS A VICTIM OF SLANDER, LIES AND CURSING AND ASKS HIM TO DEAL WITH THEM ACCORDINGLY (PSALMS 59:11). We should note that what David majors on is not the power of a great...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Complaint of the malice of enemies and comfort and confidence in God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those who are for Christ's sake, harmless and innocent may expect to be hated of w...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 59:6. _They make a noise like a dog._ Mr. Jowett, in his christian researches, states, that many dogs in eastern towns have no owners; that they lie in the shade during the heat of the day, and...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    DELIVER ME FROM MINE ENEMIES, O MY GOD. REVELATIONS OF THE GOOD AND BAD IN HUMAN NATURE I. The enmity of man towards man. 1. From the description that David here gives of his enemies, we learn that...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 59:1. This is an individual lament, seeking God’s protection from enemies who threaten the faithful person’s life. The title connects the psalm to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 59:11 The basic request is that God will bring judgment on these people in such a way that all people, both in Israel (MY PEOPLE, v. Psalms 59:11

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription.—_“_To the Chief Musician, Al-taschith_.” See Introduction to Psalms 57. “_Michtam of David_.” See Introduction to Psalms 56. “_When Saul sent, and they watched the house...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LIKE Psalms 56:1 and Psalms 57:1, this is a cry for deliverance out of great peril, with a final expression of confidence (verses 16, 17) that the deliverance will be granted. From the psal...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 59:1-17 is another one of those "destroy not" prayers of David, when Saul sent and they watched the house to kill him. His wife, Michael, let him out of the window in a basket and David escaped. B...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 30:3; Deuteronomy 30:4; Deuteronomy 4:27;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My people — Over whom thou hast appointed me to be governor in due time. Forget — Their former danger, and thy glorious mercy in delivering them. Scatter — Let them wander from place to place, that th...

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