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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Psalm 59
59
Deliver Me from My Enemies
To the choirmaster: according to #Ps. 57, title Do Not Destroy. A #Ps. 16, title Miktam#59:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of David, #[1 Sam. 19:11]when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.
1 #
Ps. 143:9; [Ps. 18:48] Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
# See Ps. 20:1 protect me from those who #See Ps. 17:7rise up against me;
2deliver me from #Ps. 94:4 those who work evil,
and save me from #Ps. 5:6bloodthirsty men.
3For behold, they #Ps. 10:9 lie in wait for my life;
fierce men #See Ps. 56:6 stir up strife against me.
#
1 Sam. 24:11; [Ps. 7:3; 69:4] For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
4for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
# See Ps. 35:23 Awake, come to meet me, and see!
5You, #Ps. 80:4; 84:8Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
6Each evening they #[Ps. 22:16]come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
7There they are, #Prov. 15:2, 28; [Ps. 94:4] bellowing with their mouths
with #See Ps. 57:4 swords in their lips—
for #See Job 22:13“Who,” they think,#59:7 Hebrew lacks they think “will hear us?”
8But you, O Lord, #See Ps. 2:4laugh at them;
you hold all the nations in derision.
9O my Strength, I will watch for you,
for you, O God, are #ver. 16, 17; See Ps. 9:9my fortress.
10 # ver. 17 My God in his steadfast love#59:10 Or The God who shows me steadfast love #Ps. 21:3 will meet me;
God will let me #See Ps. 54:7look in triumph on my enemies.
11Kill them not, lest my people forget;
make them totter#59:11 Or wander by your power and #See Ps. 55:23 bring them down,
O Lord, our #See Ps. 3:3shield!
12For #See Prov. 12:13the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
13 # [Ps. 7:9] consume them in wrath;
consume them till they are no more,
that they may #Ps. 83:18 know that God rules over Jacob
to #Ps. 22:27the ends of the earth. Selah
14 # [Ps. 22:16] Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
15They #Ps. 109:10; Job 15:23wander about for food
and growl if they do not get their fill.
16But I will sing of your strength;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me #ver. 9 a fortress
and #2 Sam. 22:3 a refuge in #Ps. 18:6the day of my distress.
17O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,
for you, O God, #[See ver. 16 above] are my fortress,
# ver. 10 the God who shows me steadfast love.
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