Psalms 58:1-59:17

58:1 | A bold protest is made against unrighteous judges (derisively called silent ones), who deliberately perverted justice while pretending to uphold it.

58:11 | God rewards the righteous (1 Cor. 3:11-15). Time will remove doubts, solve difficulties, and deliver justice.

59:1-2 | The events surrounding this psalm are found in 1 Samuel 19:9-17. The phrase deliver me is repeated for emphasis. Deliver means to “bring out” of trouble. To defend is to “set on high, out of the reach of trouble” (91:14).

59:3-4 | Sometimes David was punished for his own sin, but here he asserts again that he is being persecuted unjustly – that his suffering is undeserved.