Psalms 59
59
Psalm 59
For the choir director; al tashcheth; a miktam by David when Saul sent men to watch David’s home and kill him.
1Rescue me from my enemies, O my God.
Protect me from those who attack me.
2Rescue me from troublemakers.
Save me from bloodthirsty people.
3They lie in ambush for me right here!
Fierce men attack me, O Lord,
but not because of any disobedience,
4or any sin, or any guilt on my part.
They hurry to take positions against me.
Wake up, and help me; see ⌞for yourself⌟.
5O Lord God of Armies, God of Israel,
arise to punish all the nations.
Have no pity on any traitors. Selah
6They return in the evening.
They howl like dogs.
They prowl the city.
7See what pours out of their mouths—
swords from their lips!
⌞They think,⌟ “Who will hear us?”
8O Lord, you laugh at them.
You make fun of all the nations.
9O my strength, I watch for you!
God is my stronghold, my merciful God!
10God will come to meet me.
He will let me gloat over those who spy on me.
11Do not kill them.
Otherwise, my people may forget.
Make them wander aimlessly by your power.
Bring them down, O Lord, our shield,
12 ⌞because of⌟ the sins from their mouths
and the words on their lips.
Let them be trapped by their own arrogance
because they speak curses and lies.
13Destroy them in your rage.
Destroy them until not one of them is left.
Then they will know that God rules Jacob
to the ends of the earth. Selah
14They return in the evening.
They howl like dogs.
They prowl the city.
15They wander around to find something to eat.
If they are not full enough,
they will stay all night.
16But I will sing about your strength.
In the morning I will joyfully sing about your mercy.
You have been my stronghold
and a place of safety in times of trouble.
17O my strength, I will make music to praise you!
God is my stronghold, my merciful God!
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Psalms 59
59
To the Overseer. — ‘Destroy not,’ by David. — A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death.
1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.
3For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.
4Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
5And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.
6They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.
7Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for ‘Who heareth?’
8And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.
9O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower — the God of my kindness.
10God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.
11Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.
13Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.
14And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.
15They — they wander for food, If they are not satisfied — then they murmur.
16And I — I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.
17O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!
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