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Psalms 59:5
5For you are the Lord God Almighty, the God that Israel serves. Get up and punish all the foreign nations. Do not forgive any wicked people who have turned against us. Selah.
Psalms 59:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)You, Lord God Almighty, you who are the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah
Context of Psalms 59:5
3Look at them! They are waiting to kill me! Cruel men are ready to attack me. Lord, I have not done anything against them, but they still want to kill me. 4I have done nothing that is wrong, but they are preparing to attack me. Do something to help me! Look at what they are doing! For you are the Lord God Almighty, the God that Israel serves. Get up and punish all the foreign nations. Do not forgive any wicked people who have turned against us. Selah. 6Those bad people come back to the city every evening. They go from place to place, and they cry out like dogs. 7They shout evil things, and their words hurt like swords. They think, ‘Nobody can hear what we say!’
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וְאַתָּ֤ה יְהוָֽה־אֱלֹהִ֥ים׀ צְבָא֡וֹת אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הָקִ֗יצָה לִפְקֹ֥ד כָּֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם אַל־תָּחֹ֨ן כָּל־בֹּ֖גְדֵי אָ֣וֶן סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thou therefore, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- awakeקִיץqûts · to awakeH6974
- to visitפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
- all the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- be not mercifulחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
- to any wickedאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
- transgressorsבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
- Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542
Cross-references for Psalms 59:5
- Genesis 33:20Jacob built an altar in that place. He called the altar ‘The God of Israel is the true God’.
- Exodus 3:15God also said to Moses, ‘Say this to the Israelite people: “It is the Lord God who has sent me to you. He is the God that your ancestors worshipped. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” That is my name for all time. All generations of my people must call me by that name.
- Exodus 20:5You must not bend down your head to any idol or worship it. I am the Lord your God and I want you to belong to me alone. I will punish children because of the bad things that their fathers have done. I will also punish their children and their grandchildren too. That is how I will punish everyone who turns against me.
- Psalms 9:15Into the deep hole that they dug, the nations themselves fell. The net that they hid to catch me, caught their own feet!
- Psalms 54:3Strangers are attacking me! Cruel people want to kill me. They do not respect you, God. Selah.
- Isaiah 1:10Yes, you are like the rulers of Sodom, so listen to the Lord's message! You are no better than the people in Gomorrah! So listen to what our God is saying to you.
- Amos 9:7The Lord says, ‘You Israelite people, do not think that you are more important to me than the people of Ethiopia. It is true that I led you safely out of Egypt. But I also brought the Philistines from Crete. And I brought the Aramean people from Kir.
- Romans 2:28Not everyone who seems to be a Jew is really a Jew who belongs to God. God does not accept a man just because someone has circumcised that man's body.
- Romans 9:6God promised good things to Israel's people. But I am not saying that what God promised did not happen. It is clear that not all of Israel's people are God's true people.
- Psalms 7:12If they do not change the way that they live, God will prepare to punish them. He will make his sword sharp, and he will put an arrow in his bow.
- Psalms 55:15Please let death suddenly destroy my enemies! May they go down into their graves alive! They are at home with evil, and that is all that they think about.
- Isaiah 27:11When the branches become dry, they break off the tree. Women will take the sticks and they will make fires with them. That is what these people are like. They do not understand anything. So their Maker will not help them or be kind to them.
- Ezekiel 18:27And if a wicked person stops doing wicked things and he does things that are right, he will continue to live.
- James 2:13God will not forgive anyone who has not forgiven other people. But God is kind! He judges us, but even more than that, he forgives us!
Commentaries on Psalms 59:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5O Lord God of hosts - This was a proper view to take of God. when Israel, a handful of poor distressed captives were surrounded and oppressed by the heathen chiefs above mentioned, and their several tribes. But Jehovah God of hosts, was the God of Israel; and hence Israel had little to fear. Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors - Do not favor the cause of these wicked men. They are און בגדי bogedey aven, "changers of iniquity:" they go through the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts - God of armies: commanding all the armies of heaven - the angels, and the stars and constellations drawn out in the form of armies; thou, thus endowed with all power, and able to subdue all people though arrayed and combined for purposes of evil - awake to my help. On the meaning of the phrase “God of hosts,” see the notes at Isaiah 1:9. The God of Israel - The God of the Hebrew people - the descendants of Jacob or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The psalmist asks God not to show mercy to the treacherous, deceptive, and wicked traitors (see Psalm 25:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. prepare, &c.--literally, "set themselves as in array." awake--(Compare Psa 3:7; 7:6), appeals to God in His covenant relation to His people (Psa 9:18).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 59
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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