King James Version
Psalms 59:5 in the King James Version says “Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked tr...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 59 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Psalms 59:5 · KJV
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. help: Heb. meet
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.
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou therefore O LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of hosts”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“to visit”
H6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“be not merciful”
H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“transgressors”
H898to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
“to any wicked”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
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