Psalm 59:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The god

Genesis 33:20

Exodus 3:15

Visit

Exodus 20:5

The heathen

Be not

James 2:13

Bible References

The god

Then he erected there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘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-name to all generations.

Visit

You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,

The heathen

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

For strangers have risen against me
And violent men have sought my life;
They have not set God before them.

Selah.

Hear the word of the Lord,
You rulers of Sodom;
Give ear to the instruction of our God,
You people of Gomorrah.

“Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me,
O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;

Be not

If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword;
He has bent His bow and made it ready.

Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of discernment,
Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life.

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.