Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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 Living Translation 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 English Standard Version 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 Berean Standard Bible O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah King James Bible 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 King James Version 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 American Standard Bible You, LORD God of armies, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who deal treacherously in wrongdoing. Selah NASB 1995 You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah. NASB 1977 And Thou, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah. Legacy Standard Bible You, O Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah. Amplified Bible You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to punish all the nations; Spare no one and do not be merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah. Christian Standard Bible LORD God of Armies, you are the God of Israel. Rise up to punish all the nations; do not show favor to any wicked traitors. Selah Holman Christian Standard Bible LORD God of Hosts, You are the God of Israel, rise up to punish all the nations; do not show grace to any wicked traitors. Selah American Standard Version Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. [Selah Aramaic Bible in Plain English You are LORD JEHOVAH, God of hosts, God of Israel; awake and order all the nations and do not forgive any evil ones! Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause. Contemporary English Version LORD God All-Powerful, you are the God of Israel. Punish the other nations and don't pity those terrible and rebellious people. Douay-Rheims Bible Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity. English Revised Version Even thou, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah GOD'S WORD® Translation O LORD God of Armies, God of Israel, arise to punish all the nations. Have no pity on any traitors. [Selah] Good News Translation Rise, LORD God Almighty, and come to my aid; see for yourself, God of Israel! Wake up and punish the heathen; show no mercy to evil traitors! International Standard Version You, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, God of Israel, stir yourself up to punish all the nations. Show no mercy to those wicked transgressors. Interlude JPS Tanakh 1917 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arouse Thyself to punish all the nations; Show no mercy to any iniquitous traitors. Selah Literal Standard Version And You, YHWH, God of Hosts, God of Israel, | Awake to inspect all the nations. Do not favor any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah. Majority Standard Bible O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah New American Bible You, LORD God of hosts, are the God of Israel! Awake! Punish all the nations. Have no mercy on these worthless traitors. Selah NET Bible 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) New Revised Standard Version You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel. Awake to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah New Heart English Bible You, LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah. Young's Literal Translation And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Deliver Me From My Enemies…4For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice. 5 O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah 6They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.… Cross References Psalm 9:5 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. Psalm 69:6 May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel. Psalm 80:4 O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people? Psalm 84:8 O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah Isaiah 2:9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled--do not forgive them! Isaiah 26:14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them. Jeremiah 18:23 But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger. Treasury of Scripture You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. the God Genesis 33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. Exodus 3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. visit Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; the heathen Psalm 9:15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. Psalm 54:3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. Isaiah 1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. be not Psalm 7:12,13 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready… Psalm 55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. Isaiah 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. Jump to Previous Armies Arouse Awake Dealers Favour Gracious Heathen Hosts Iniquitous Iniquity Inspect Israel Merciful Mercy Nations Plot Punish Punishment Rouse Selah Show Spare Thyself Traitors Transgressors Treacherous Treacherously Visit Wicked WorkersJump to Next Armies Arouse Awake Dealers Favour Gracious Heathen Hosts Iniquitous Iniquity Inspect Israel Merciful Mercy Nations Plot Punish Punishment Rouse Selah Show Spare Thyself Traitors Transgressors Treacherous Treacherously Visit Wicked WorkersPsalm 59 1. David prays to be delivered from his enemies6. He complains of their cruelty 8. He trusts in god 11. He prays against them 16. He praises God (5) Therefore . . .--Better, Yea, even Thou . . . Not only is there an emphatic "thou," but the passion of prayer cannot exhaust itself without piling up all the customary names of the Divine Being. God of Israel.--This is added so emphatically because of the "heathen," against whom aid is invoked. All the heathen . . . wicked transgressors.--These two terms are not synonymous, but contrasted. There were not only foreign, but domestic foes, viz., the party who, pretending to be loyal Israelites, were yet intriguing with the foreigners. The literal "coverers of wickedness" implies concealment and treachery. Verse 5. - Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel (comp. Psalm 69:6, also "a psalm of David"). Awake to visit all the heathen. "All" is emphatic, and means not only those without the covenant, but also those within - the wicked Israelites. It is noted that Saul's instruments consisted of two classes - actual heathen, such as Doeg the Edomite; and irreligious Israelites, as the Ziphites and others, who were no better than heathen. Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. "The Hebrew words denote treachery and faithlessness" (Cook). They are scarcely applicable to open foreign enemies.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew O LORDיְהוָֽה־ (Yah·weh-) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel God אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Hosts, צְבָא֡וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign the God אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc rise up הָקִ֗יצָה (hā·qî·ṣāh) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 6974: Arise, be awake, watch to punish לִפְקֹ֥ד (lip̄·qōḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit all כָּֽל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the nations; הַגּוֹיִ֑ם (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts show no אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not mercy תָּחֹ֨ן (tā·ḥōn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore to the כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every wicked אָ֣וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol traitors. בֹּ֖גְדֵי (bō·ḡə·ḏê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage Selah סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh) Interjection Strong's 5542: Suspension, pause Links Psalm 59:5 NIVPsalm 59:5 NLT Psalm 59:5 ESV Psalm 59:5 NASB Psalm 59:5 KJV Psalm 59:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 59:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 59:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 59:5 French Bible Psalm 59:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 59:5 You Yahweh God of Armies the God (Psalm Ps Psa.) |