New English Translation
Psalms 59:5
5You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (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
3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. 4Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me! You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah) 6They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city. 7Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, “Who hears?”
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 set up an altar and called it “The God of Israel is God.”
- Exodus 3:15God also said to Moses, “You must say this to the Israelites, ‘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 this is my memorial from generation to generation.’
- Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,
- Psalms 9:15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
- Psalms 54:3For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah)
- Isaiah 1:10Listen to the Lord’s word, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, people of Gomorrah!
- Amos 9:7“You Israelites are just like the Ethiopians in my sight,” says the Lord. “Certainly I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir.
- Romans 2:28For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,
- Romans 9:6It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
- Psalms 7:12If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword and prepares to shoot his bow.
- Psalms 55:15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.
- Isaiah 27:11When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
- Ezekiel 18:27When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.
- James 2:13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But 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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