Psalm 59
59
1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed, with the inscription of a title, of David himself, for instruction:
2 when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal, and Joab turned back and struck Idumea, in the valley of the salt pits, twelve thousand men.
3 O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us.
4 You have moved the earth, and you have disturbed it. Heal its breaches, for it has been moved.
5 You have revealed to your people difficulties. You have made us drink the wine of remorse.
6 You have given a warning sign to those who fear you, so that they may flee from before the face of the bow, so that your beloved may be delivered.
7 Save me with your right hand, and hear me.
8 God has spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Shechem, and I will measure the steep valley of the tabernacles.
9 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. And Ephraim is the strength of my head. Judah is my king.
10 Moab is the cooking pot of my hope. Into Idumea, I will extend my shoe. To me, the foreigners have been made subject.
11 Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will lead me all the way to Idumea?
12 Will not you, O God, who has rejected us? And will not you, O God, go out with our armies?
13 Grant us help from tribulation. For salvation from man is empty.
14 In God, we will act virtuously. And those who trouble us, he will lead to nothing.
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Psalms 59
59
Complaint Against Bloodthirsty Enemies
1For the director. Do not destroy.#Do not destroy: probably the title of the melody to which the Psalm was to be sung. A miktam of David, when Saul sent people to watch his house and kill him.#1 Sm 19:11.
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2Rescue me from my enemies, my God;
lift me out of reach of my foes.
3Deliver me from evildoers;
from the bloodthirsty save me.
4They have set an ambush for my life;
the powerful conspire against me.
For no offense or misdeed of mine, Lord,
5for no fault they hurry to take up arms.
Come near and see my plight!
6You, Lord God of hosts, are the God of Israel!
Awake! Punish all the nations.
Have no mercy on these worthless traitors.
Selah
7Each evening they return,
growling like dogs, prowling the city.#Ps 55:11.
8Their mouths pour out insult;
sharp words are on their lips.
They say: “Who is there to hear?”#Who is there to hear?: a sample of the enemies’ godless reflection. The answer is that God hears their blasphemies.
9But you, Lord, laugh at them;
you deride all the nations.#Ps 2:4; 37:13; Wis 4:18.
10My strength, for you I watch;
you, God, are my fortress,
11my loving God.
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May God go before me,
and show me my fallen foes.
12Slay them not, God,
lest they deceive my people.
Shake them by your power;
Lord, our shield, bring them down.
13For the sinful words of their mouths and lips
let them be caught in their pride.
For the lies they have told under oath#Prv 12:13; 18:7.
14destroy them in anger,
destroy till they are no more.
Then people will know God rules over Jacob,
yes, even to the ends of the earth.#Ps 83:18–19; Ez 5:13.
Selah
15Each evening they return,
growling like dogs, prowling the city.
16They roam about as scavengers;
if they are not filled, they howl.
III
17But I shall sing of your strength,
extol your mercy at dawn,
For you are my fortress,
my refuge in time of trouble.
18My strength, your praise I will sing;
you, God, are my fortress, my loving God.
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