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

And he set up an altar there and called it “God, the God of Israel.”

God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, 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; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

Visit

You must not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the fathers’ sin, to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

The heathen

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

For strangers rise up against me,
and violent men seek my life.
They have no regard for God.

Selah

Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the instruction of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!

Israelites, are you not like the Cushites to Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Didn’t I bring Israel from the land of Egypt,
the Philistines from Caphtor,

and the Arameans from Kir?

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, and true circumcision is not something visible in the flesh.

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

Be not

If anyone does not repent,
God will sharpen His sword;
He has strung His bow and made it ready.

Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.

When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.
Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them,
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

But if a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.