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Psalms 59:5
5You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. 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.
- 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
- New Living Translation (NLT)O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, wake up and punish those hostile nations. Show no mercy to wicked traitors. Interlude
Context of Psalms 59:5
3For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord, 4for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me, and see! 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 6Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. 7There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for "Who," they think, "will hear us?"
Read all of Psalms 59Psalms 59:5 word by word
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 33:20There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
- Exodus 3:15God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel: 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
- Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
- Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
- Psalms 54:3For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah
- Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Amos 9:7"Are you not like the Cushites to me, O people of Israel?" declares the Lord. "Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir?
- Romans 2:28For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.
- Romans 9:6But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,
- Psalms 7:12If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow;
- Psalms 55:15Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
- Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
- Ezekiel 18:27Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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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