John Trapp on Psalms 59:11

Verſ. 11. Slay them not, l[illegible: 1 letter]ſt my people forget] Marcet ſine adverſarie virtus, the natural heat decayeth if it have not wherewith to wraſtle, Carthage was not to be deſtroyed, that Rome might not want an adverſary. The Saints have the reliques of corruption left in them for exerciſe of their graces. Slay them not, ſaith David; and the Chaldee addeth, ſtatim, forthwith, or outright, but by degrees rather; leſt my people, my followers and fellow ſouldiers, forget their skill in armes, or thy judgements on the enemies.

Scatter them by thy power] That they may wander as Cain did, and be reſtleſſe. Or, ſhake them to and fro as meal is ſhaken in a ſieve; let them be diſſipated, and by degrees waſted, that they may be as ſo many ſtanding monuments of the divine Juſtice, ut [illegible: 1 letter]o ſint illuſtriera & teſt atiora tua judicia, as the diſ-jected people of the Jews are at this day.