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<p id="Chapter59" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>PSALM 59
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<p id="Ps59_1"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',59,'1-17');">Psa 59:1-17</a>.
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<p>See on JFB for <a href="./Comm/jfb/Psa/Psa057.html#Ps57_1">Psa 57:1</a>, title, and for history, <a onclick="return mV('1Sa',19,11);">1Sa 19:11</a>, etc. The scope is very similar to that of the fifty-seventh: prayer in view of malicious and violent foes, and joy in prospect of relief.
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<p><b>1. defend me</b>—(Compare <i>Margin</i>).
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<br><br><b>rise up...me</b>—(Compare <a href= "#" onclick="return mV('Psa',17,7);">Psa 17:7</a>).
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<p id="Ps59_2"><b>2.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',5,5);">Psa 5:5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',6,8);">6:8</a>).
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<p id="Ps59_4"><b>4, 5. prepare</b>—literally, "set themselves as in array."
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<br><br><b>awake</b>—(Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',3,7);">Psa 3:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',7,6);">7:6</a>), appeals to God in His covenant relation to His people (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',9,18);">Psa 9:18</a>).
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<p id="Ps59_6"><b>6, 7.</b> They are as ravening dogs seeking prey (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',59,6);">Psa 59:6</a>), and as such,
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<br><br><b>belch out</b>—that is, slanders, their impudent barkings.
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<p id="Ps59_7"><b>7. for who, say they</b>—For the full expression with the supplied words, compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',64,5);">Psa 64:5</a>.
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<p id="Ps59_8"><b>8.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',2,4);">Psa 2:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',37,13);">37:13</a>).
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<p id="Ps59_9"><b>9.</b> By judicious expositors, and on good grounds, this is better rendered, "O my strength, on Thee will I wait" (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',59,17);">Psa 59:17</a>).
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<br><br><b>defence</b>—(Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',18,3);">Psa 18:3</a>).
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<p id="Ps59_10"><b>10. prevent me</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',21,3);">Psa 21:3</a>).
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<br><br><b>see my desire</b>—in their overthrow (<a href= "#" onclick="return mV('Psa',54,7);">Psa 54:7</a>).
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<br><br><b>enemies</b>—as in <a onclick="return mV('Psa',5,8);">Psa 5:8</a>.
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<p id="Ps59_11"><b>11. Slay them not</b>—at once (<a onclick="return mV('Jdg',2,'21-23');">Jdg 2:21-23</a>); but perpetuate their punishment (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',4,12);">Gen 4:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Num',32,13);">Num 32:13</a>), by scattering or making them wander, and humble them.
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<p id="Ps59_12"><b>12. let them even be...taken in their pride</b>—while evincing it—that is, to be punished for their lies, etc.
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<p id="Ps59_13"><b>13.</b> Though delayed for wise reasons, the utter destruction of the wicked must come at last, and God's presence and power in and for His Church will be known abroad (<a onclick="return mV('1Sa',17,46);">1Sa 17:46</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',46,10,11);">Psa 46:10-11</a>).
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<p id="Ps59_14"><b>14, 15.</b> Meanwhile let the rapacious dogs prowl, they cannot hurt the pious; yea, they shall wander famished and sleepless.
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<p id="Ps59_15"><b>15. grudge if,</b> etc.—literally, "they shall stay all night," that is, obtain nothing.
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<p id="Ps59_16"><b>16, 17.</b> Contrast the lot of God's servant, who employs his time in God's praise.
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<br><br><b>sing aloud...in the morning</b>—when <i>they</i> retire famishing and disappointed, or it may denote delightful diligence in praise, as in <a onclick="return mV('Psa',30,5);">Psa 30:5</a>.
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