Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 59:5

5. Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel , awake to visit all the he[illegible: 1+ letters] then : be not merciful to any wicked transgressors Selah.

A God in Covenant with all true Israelites, whom thou hast promised to Protect and Bless.

Or, these Heathen, or Gentiles: Who though they are called and accounted Israelites by their Birth; yet in Truth, and in their Dispositions and manners, are meer Heathens and Barbarians: In which respect such Men, are elsewhere called Strangers, Psal. 54. 3. Men of Sodom and Gomorrah, Isa. 1. 10. and, as Ethiopians, Amos 9. 7. As among us ungodly Christians, are oft called Iews, or Turks, or Heathens.

For indeed thou canst not with thine Honour, nor according to thy Word, be merciful to any such incorrigible Offenders.

Or, perfi[illegible: 1+ letters]ious Transgressors, such as persecute me, and other good Men, out of Malice, and against their now Consciences, which tell them that I am innocent, and with Pretences of Friendship. He might well pray so Vehemently against such, not onely for his own Preservation, but for the just and necessary Vindication of God's Honour, and for the publick good of Mankind; whose common Interest it was, that such vile Miscreants should be taken out of the way.