Psalms 59

Psalms 59:6

at evening] Sauls messengers watching the house to kill David. And so verse 14.

Psalms 59:9

of his strength] Sauls. Or, suddenly changing the person, as is sometimes in the Hebrew, as Deut. V. 10. Dan. IX. 4. Mich. I. 2. meaning Davids strength. And so it is verse 17.

Psalms 59:10

my mercie] So by the vowels, and in the margin of the Masorets. But in the Hebrew text, his mercie.

Psalms 59:11

Slay them not] At once; but by little and little. Yet verse 13. he saith Consume them—that they may not be. And in the next words, and let them know. All which may so well agree together, as needs no words of reconciliation.