Psalms 59:8

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְ֭הוָה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
laugh	תִּשְׂחַק tis.chak-	H7832	to laugh (in pleasure or detraction) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
heathen	גּוֹיִֽם go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · noun, common masculine plural absolute
derision	תִּ֝לְעַ֗ג til.'Ag	H3932	to deride · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 37:13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Proverbs 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Psalms 2:4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalms 59:5 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.
Matthew 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man…
1 Samuel 19:15-16 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:8–end

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 to wait upon God (Psa 59:9): "Because of his strength" (either the strength of his enemies, the fear of which drove him to God, or because of God's strength, the hope of which drew him to God) "Will I wait upon thee, with a believing dependence upon thee and confidence in thee." It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defence, our high place, in whom we shall be safe. He hopes, 1. That God will be to him a God of mercy (Psa 59:10): "The God o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 59:8

(Compare Psa 2:4; Psa 37:13).

John Gill on 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 derision of others; as Saul's messengers were, when instead of David they found an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for its bolster, 1 Samuel 19:16; the same is said as here with respect to the enemies of Christ, Psalm 2:4; thou shall have all the Heathen in derision: either David's enemies, who, though Israelites, yet acted like Heathens to him, as in Psalm 59:5; or the Gentiles that were gathered together against Christ, Psalm 2:1; or the antichristian states and powers, who will be tr…

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John Calvin on Psalms 59:6-9

Psalm 59:6-9 6. They will return at evening; they will make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city [361] 7. Behold, they will prate [362] with their mouth; swords are in their lips for who (say they) will hear? 8. But thou, O Jehovah! shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the nations in derision. 9. I will put in trust his strength with thee; [363] for God is my fortress. 6. They will return at evening. He compares his enemies to famished and furious dogs which hunger impels to course with endless circuits in every direction, and under this figure accuses their insatiable fierceness, shown in the ceaseless activity to which they were instigated by the desire of mischief. He say…

The Church Fathers

"And You, Lord, shall deride them" [Psalm 59:8]. All nations are to be Christian, and you say, "Who has heard?" What is, "shall deride them"? "As nothing You shall esteem all nations." Nothing for You it shall be; because a most easy thing it will be for all nations to believe in You.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 59

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Altaschith — Destroy not, the title of Ps. 57, 58, 59, and 75. It was probably the name of some song to the melody of which these psalms were to be chanted.
Michal — Rivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Sam. 14:49, 50). “Attracted by the graces of his person and the gallantry of his conduct, she fell in love with…
Anthropomorphisms · .Laughing — .Laughing
Laughter · Attributed to God — Attributed to God
Waiting · Especially in adversity — Especially in adversity
Waiting Upon God · Should be: Specially in adversity — Should be: Specially in adversity

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 59:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 59:8

John Gill on Psalms 59:8

John Calvin on Psalms 59:6-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 59:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 59:8–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 59:8

John Gill on Psalms 59:8

John Calvin on Psalms 59:6-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 59:1-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 59:6-8

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 59:8