{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/jfb/psa059.htm","path":"bib/cmt/jfb/psa059.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/jfb/psa059.htm","text":"A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]\ndefend me--(Compare Margin).\nrise up . . . me--(Compare Psa 17:7).\n(Compare Psa 5:5; Psa 6:8).\nprepare, &c.--literally, \"set themselves as in array.\"\nawake--(Compare Psa 3:7; Psa 7:6), appeals to God in His covenant relation to His people (Psa 9:18).\nThey are as ravening dogs seeking prey, and as such,\nbelch out--that is, slanders, their impudent barkings.\nfor who, say they--For the full expression with the supplied words, compare Psa 64:5.\n(Compare Psa 2:4; Psa 37:13).\nBy judicious expositors, and on good grounds, this is better rendered, \"O my strength, on Thee will I wait\" (Psa 59:17).\ndefence--(Compare Psa 18:3).\nprevent me-- (Psa 21:3).\nsee my desire--in their overthrow (Psa 54:7).\nenemies--as in Psa 5:8.\nSlay them not--at once (Jdg 2:21-23); but perpetuate their punishment (Gen 4:12; Num 32:13), by scattering or making them wander, and humble them.\nlet them even be . . . taken in their pride--while evincing it--that is, to be punished for their lies, &c.\nThough 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 (Sa1 17:46; Psa 46:10-11).\nMeanwhile let the rapacious dogs prowl, they cannot hurt the pious; yea, they shall wander famished and sleepless.\ngrudge if, &c.--literally, \"they shall stay all night,\" that is, obtain nothing.\nContrast the lot of God's servant, who employs his time in God's praise.\nsing aloud . . . in the morning--when they retire famishing and disappointed, or it may denote delightful diligence in praise, as in Psa 30:5.","title":"A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the...","type":"page"}