Psalms 59:8

But thou, O Lord, shall laugh at them,.... Disappoint their counsels, hinder them from performing their enterprise; send them back with shame and confusion, and expose them to the laughter and…

But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them - That is, God will hear them, and will have all their efforts in derision, or will treat them with contempt. See Psa 2:4, note; Psa 37:13, note. Thou shalt have…

David here encourages himself, in reference to the threatening power of his enemies, with a pious resolution to wait upon God and a believing expectation that he should yet praise him.

I. He resolves…

The verbs are the same as in Psa 2:4: cp. Psa 37:13; Isa 37:22. The bold phrase "expresses generally the truth that the machinations of God's enemies are not less absurd than wicked." Speaker's Comm.

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