Psalm 59:1
59:1 To the chief Musician, Altaschith, {a} Michtam of David;
     when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
     {b} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from
     them that rise up against me.

     (a) Or, a certain tune.
     (b) Though his enemies were even at hand to destroy him,
         yet he assures himself that God had ways to deliver
         him.

Psalm 59:3
59:3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are
     gathered against me; not [for] my {c} transgression, nor
     [for] my sin, O LORD.

     (c) For I am innocent toward them, and have not offended
         them.

Psalm 59:5
59:5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,
     awake to visit all the heathen: be not {d} merciful to any
     wicked transgressors.  Selah.

     (d) Seeing it belongs to God's judgments to punish the
         wicked, he desires God to execute his vengeance on the
         reprobate, who maliciously persecutes his Church.

Psalm 59:6
59:6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a {e} dog,
     and go round about the city.

     (e) He compares their cruelty to hungry dogs showing that
         they are never weary in doing evil.

Psalm 59:7
59:7 Behold, they {f} belch out with their mouth: swords [are]
     in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

     (f) They boast openly in their wicked devises, and every
         word is as a sword: for they neither fear God nor are
         ashamed of men.

Psalm 59:9
59:9 {g} [Because of] his strength will I wait upon thee: for
     God [is] my defence.

     (g) Though Saul has great power, yet I know that you bridle
         him: therefore I will patiently hope in you.

Psalm 59:10
59:10 The God of my mercy shall {h} prevent me: God shall let me
      see [my desire] upon mine enemies.

      (h) He will not fail to help me when need requires.

Psalm 59:11
59:11 Slay them {i} not, lest my people forget: scatter them by
      thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

      (i) Altogether, but little by little, that the people
          seeing your judgments often, may be mindful of you.

Psalm 59:12
59:12 [For] the sin of their mouth [and] the words of their lips
      let them even be {k} taken in their pride: and for cursing
      and lying [which] they speak.

      (k) That in their misery and shame they may be as glasses
          and examples of God's vengeance.

Psalm 59:13
59:13 {l} Consume [them] in wrath, consume [them], that they
      [may] not [be]: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob
      unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

      (l) When your time will come, and when they have
          sufficiently served for an example of your vengeance
          to others.

Psalm 59:14
59:14 And at evening let them {m} return; [and] let them make a
      noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

      (m) He mocks their vain enterprises, being assured that
          they will not bring their purpose to pass.

Psalm 59:16
59:16 But I will sing of thy {n} power; yea, I will sing aloud
      of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence
      and refuge in the day of my trouble.

      (n) Who used the policy of a weak woman to confound the
          enemies strength, 1 Samuel 19:12.

Psalm 59:17
59:17 Unto thee, O my {o} strength, will I sing: for God [is] my
      defence, [and] the God of my mercy.

      (o) Confessing himself to be void of all virtue and
          strength, he attributes the whole to God.