Psalms 59:8

8. But thou… shalt laugh at them Indicating with what infinite ease God will frustrate them. See on Psalms 2:4.

All the heathen This recurrence to the Gentile nations suggests how strongly David’s mind is impressed that, back of Saul and the mercenary Doeg, there was a heathen plot, or intrigue, which had worked its way into Saul’s court and threatened evil to the Hebrew people. See note on Psalms 59:5. The preceding verses describe David’s enemies. The adversative sense of the particle ve, but, at the beginning of Psalms 59:8, changes the subject to the contemplation of the power, mercy and judgment of God.