John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 59:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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But thou, O Lord, shall laugh at them, etc.] 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, (<091916>1 Samuel 19:16); the same is said as here with respect to the enemies of Christ, (<190204>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 (<195905>Psalm 59:5); or the Gentiles that were gathered together against Christ, (<190201>Psalm 2:1-4); or the antichristian states and powers, who will be triumphed over at the time of their ruin, (<661820>Revelation 18:20); and even all the wicked at the last day, (<200126>Proverbs 1:26).

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