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Verse Psalms 59:2. _THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY_] Principally Sanballat
the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian; who were
the chief enemies of the poor returned captives.
_BLOODY MEN._]...
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DELIVER ME FROM THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY - The workers of iniquity here
referred to were Saul and those whom he employed to carry out his
murderous purpose - the people that had been sent to slay him....
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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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INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44.
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'enosh._...
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The Psalmist prays for deliverance from the enemies who are bent on
taking his life, pleading his innocence, and appealing to God to
punish all injustice....
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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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_DELIVER ME FROM THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY, AND SAVE ME FROM BLOODY
MEN._
And save me from bloody men - such as Saul, who seeks to shed my
life-blood....
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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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_[Psalms 59:3]_ הַ֭צִּילֵנִי מִ פֹּ֣עֲלֵי
אָ֑וֶן וּֽ מֵ אַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים
הֹושִׁיעֵֽנִי׃...
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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 57:1; Psalms 58:1. The contents
correspond to the title and to 1...
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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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_Set fire. Hebrew, "fought against Syria of Mesopotamia, and Syria of
Seba." (St. Jerome) (2 Kings viii. 10.) (Haydock) --- Twelve. Abisai
slew 18,000, perhaps on another occasion; (1 Paralipomenon xv...
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Let the Reader keep in remembrance that this Psalm, like the three
former is a Michtam, a golden; precious Psalm; and that it is
addressed to the chief Musician. See the observations on this title in...
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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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DELIVER ME FROM THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY,....
Psalms 6:8;
AND SAVE ME FROM BLOODY MEN; such as Saul sent to kill David, as
appears from the title of the psalm; and such as were concerned in the
death...
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Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Ver. 2. _Deliver me from the workers of iniquity_] Saul's assassins
and bloodhounds, hired to despatch me....
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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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1-7 In these words we hear the voice of David when a prisoner in his
own house; the voice of Christ when surrounded by his merciless
enemies; the voice of the church when under bondage in the world; a...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 59:2 Deliver H5337 (H8685) workers H6466 (H8802) iniquity H205
save H3467 (H8685) bloodthirsty H1818 men H582
save - Psalms 26:9, Psalms 27:2, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 139:19...
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HEADING (PSALMS 59:1 A).
‘For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David.
Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.'
Like the last two Psalms this is another Psa...
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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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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 1 Samuel 19:11, where
Davi...
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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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Psalms 139:19; Psalms 26:9; Psalms 27:2; Psalms 55:23...