Psalms 59
59
A Prayer for Safety#Ps 59 Hebrew title: A psalm by David, after Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.#1 Sam 19.11
1Save me from my enemies, my God;
protect me from those who attack me!
2Save me from those evil people;
rescue me from those murderers!
3Look! They are waiting to kill me;
cruel people are gathering against me.
It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done,
4nor because of any fault of mine, O LORD,
that they hurry to their places.
5Rise, LORD God Almighty, and come to my aid;
see for yourself, God of Israel!
Wake up and punish the heathen;
show no mercy to evil traitors!
6They come back in the evening,
snarling like dogs as they go about the city.
7Listen to their insults and threats.
Their tongues are like swords in their mouths,
yet they think that no one hears them.
8But you laugh at them, LORD;
you mock all the heathen.
9I have confidence in your strength;
you are my refuge, O God.
10My God loves me and will come to me;
he will let me see my enemies defeated.
11Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget.
Scatter them by your strength and defeat them,
O Lord, our protector.
12Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful;
may they be caught in their pride!
Because they curse and lie,
13destroy them in your anger;
destroy them completely.
Then everyone will know that God rules in Israel,
that his rule extends over all the earth.
14My enemies come back in the evening,
snarling like dogs as they go about the city,
15like dogs roaming about for food
and growling if they do not find enough.
16But I will sing about your strength;
every morning I will sing aloud of your constant love.
You have been a refuge for me,
a shelter in my time of trouble.
17I will praise you, my defender.
My refuge is God,
the God who loves me.
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Tehillim 59
59
(For the one directing. Set to Do Not Destroy. Mikhtam Dovid. When Sha'ul sent and they watched [Dovid's] bais to kill him)
1 Save me from mine enemies, O Elohai; protect me from them that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the po'alei aven (workers of iniquity), and save me from anshei damim (bloody men).
3 For, hinei, they lie in wait for my nefesh; the fierce stir up strife against me; not for my peysha, nor for my chattat, Hashem.
4 They run and prepare themselves without my avon (wrong, fault); awake to help me, and see.
5 Thou therefore, Hashem Elohim Tzva'os, Elohei Yisroel, rouse Thyself to visit#59:5 in punishment kol HaGoyim; be not merciful to any bogedei aven (wicked boged).#59:5 traitor Selah
6 They return at erev; they growl like a kelev (dog), and prowl around the Ir.
7 Hinei, they belch out with their mouth; charavot (swords) are in their sfatot (lips); for who, say they, doth hear?
8 But Thou, Hashem, shalt laugh at them; Thou shalt have all the Goyim in derision.
9 O my Strength, I will be shomer to watch for Thee; for Elohim is my stronghold.
10 The G-d of my chesed shall come to meet me; Elohim shall let me see [the end] of my shorer (watchers).#59:10 i.e., slandering foes insidiously fixated on me and lying in wait
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Thy power; and bring them down, Adonoi mogineinu (our Shield).
12 For the chattat of their mouth and the davar of their sfatayim let them even be caught in their ga'on (pride); and for the cursing and lying which they speak.
13 Consume them in chemah (wrath), consume them, till they are no more; and let them know that Elohim ruleth in Ya'akov unto the ends of ha'aretz. Selah
14 And at erev let them return; and let them growl like a kelev, and prowl around the Ir.
15 Let them wander up and down for okhel (food), and howl if they be not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of Thy oz; yes, I will sing aloud of Thy chesed in the boker; for Thou hast been my stronghold and refuge in the day of my tzoros.
17 Unto Thee, O my Strength, will I sing; for Elohim is my strongold, and the Elohim of my chesed.
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