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THE GOD OF MY MERCY SHALL PREVENT ME - Or rather, “My God - his
mercy shall prevent me.” This is in accordance with the present
reading of the Hebrew text, and is probably correct. The psalmist
looks...
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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...
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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...
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MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.
PREVENT. anticipate....
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The _Kthîbh_, with which the LXX agrees, has _My God shall meet me
with His lovingkindness:_but the _Qrç_is, _The God of my
lovingkindness shall meet me_. This variety of reading possibly points
to an...
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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....
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GOD SHALL LET ME SEE, &C.— The word rendered _enemies_ in this verse
properly signifies _insidious men,_ who craftily observed and lay in
wait for him. David says, _God will cause me to see amongst th...
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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...
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_THE GOD OF MY MERCY SHALL PREVENT ME: GOD SHALL LET ME SEE MY DESIRE
UPON MINE ENEMIES._
The God of my mercy. So the Qeri' reads, but the Khethibh has 'My God
shall prevent me with His mercy,'-liter...
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59:10 loving-kindness (c-3) Or 'The God of my mercy ( _ chesed_ ),' as
ver. 17....
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SHALL PREVENT ME] i.e. shall come to meet me....
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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...
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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...
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PREVENT — _i.e._, come to meet. (See Psalms 21:3, Note.)
SEE MY DESIRE. — See Note, Psalms 54:7. (Comp. Psalms 92:11.)...
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_[Psalms 59:11]_ אֱלֹהֵ֣י _חַסְדִּ֣י_†
יְקַדְּמֵ֑נִי אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים יַרְאֵ֥נִי...
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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...
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“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
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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...
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The God of my mercy shall (h) prevent me: God shall let me see [my
desire] upon mine enemies.
(h) He will not fail to help me when need requires....
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The pot of my hope; or my watering pot. That is, a vessel for meaner
uses, by being reduced to serve me, even i nthe meanest employments.
(Challoner) (Worthington) --- Plautus (Mort. ii. scen. 1. 40)...
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What a very sweet verse is this, considered in any, and in every point
of view. The God of my mercy shall prevent me! Preventing mercies, or
such mercies as go before hand, and before they are asked f...
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_THE MERCIFUL GOD_
‘The God of my mercy.’
Psalms 59:10
I. ALL ROUND DAVID’S HOUSE THE MESSENGERS OF SAUL PROWLED LIKE THE
WILD DOGS OF AN EASTERN CITY.—He could hear their muttered curses as
he lay...
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10._The God of my mercy will prevent me _In the Hebrew, there is the
affix of the third person, but we have the point which denotes the
first. (367) The Septuagint has adopted the third person, and
Au...
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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...
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THE GOD OF MY MERCY SHALL PREVENT ME,.... Or "of my grace", or
"goodness", as the Targum; see 1 Peter 5:10. God is gracious in
himself, and he has treasured up a fulness of grace in Christ: he is
the...
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The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see [my desire]
upon mine enemies.
Ver. 10. _The God of my mercy shall prevent me_] Or, God will prevent
me with his mercy, _sc._ before I ask o...
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_The God of my mercy_ The giver of all that mercy and comfort which I
have or hope for; _shall prevent me_ With _the blessings of his
goodness, Psalms 21:3_. Thou shalt help me seasonably, before it b...
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The God of my mercy shall prevent me, coming to meet him with the
fullness of His grace; GOD SHALL LET ME SEE MY DESIRE UPON MINE
ENEMIES, those who were lying in wait to murder him....
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PRAYER OF AN INNOCENT PERSON AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK HIS SOUL.
To the chief musician, Al-taschith, again according to the melody
"Destroy not," Michtam, a poem in epigrammatic form, of David; when
Sau...
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MINE ENEMIES:
_ Heb._ mine observers...
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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...
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THE GOD OF MY MERCY, i.e. the giver of all that mercy and comfort
which I either have, or hope for. Heb. _of his mercy_. But here also
there is (as appears by comparing this with PSALMS 59:17) a chang...
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Psalms 59:10 God H430 mercy H2617 meet H6923 (H8762) God H430 see
H7200 (H8686) enemies H8324 ...
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DAVID EXPRESSES HIS CONFIDENCE THAT YHWH WILL PROTECT HIM (PSALMS
59:6).
Describing his enemies as like a pack of stray dogs on the prowl
(compare also Psalms 59:14) David is confident that YHWH will...
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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...
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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...
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_The God of my mercy shall prevent me._
A SINGULAR TITLE AND A SPECIAL FAVOUR
Our trials and troubles, while they test and develop us, do also by
Divine grace strengthen and improve us, and ever have...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 5:10; 1 Samuel 26:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 1:3;...
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Prevent — Thou wilt help me sooner than I expect....