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Psalms 59:2

Psalms 59:2
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,.... See Gill on Psa 6:8;

and save me from bloody men; such as Saul sent to kill David, as appears from the title of the psalm; and such as were concerned in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deliver me from the workers of iniquity - The workers of iniquity here referred to were Saul and those whom he employed to carry out his murderous purpose - the people that had been sent to slay him.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 59:1-7

The title of this psalm acquaints us particularly with the occasion on which it was penned; it was when Saul sent a party of his guards to beset David's house in the night, that they might seize him…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

from bloody men Better, from bloodthirsty men (Psa 5:6; Psa 55:23; Psa 139:19; Pro 29:10).

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