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God's Effortless Power
Commentators explain that God's 'laughing' is a figure of speech highlighting His supreme power. It signifies that God can thwart the most elaborate and threatening human schemes with effortless ease, 'as if in sport,' as John Calvin notes. This imagery serves as a powerful rebuke to human pride and a reminder of God's absolute sovereignty over all opposition.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 59:8
18th Century
Theologian
But you, O Lord, will laugh at them - That is, God will hear them and will have all their efforts in derision, or will treat them with con…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 59:8
19th Century
Bishop
Laugh. — Compare to Psalms 2:4 (see the note). Probably the same contrast is intended in these clauses as in Psalms 59:5.
John Calvin
On Psalms 59:8
16th Century
Theologian
But thou, O Jehovah! shalt laugh at them. In the face of all this opposition, David's confidence only increases. When he says that God wou…
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John Gill
On Psalms 59:8
17th Century
Pastor
But thou, O Lord, shall laugh at them
Disappoint their counsels, hinder them from performing their enterprise; send …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 59:8–17
17th Century
Minister
It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defense, in whom we will be safe. It is very comforti…