Psalms 59
1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
God, save me from my enemies! Protect me from those who want to attack me!
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from the bloodthirsty men.
Rescue me from men who want to do what is wicked, men who are murderers!
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
Look! They are waiting to kill me! Fierce men have gathered to assault me. Yahweh, they are doing that even though I have not done what is wrong!
4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault. Awake thou to help me, and behold.
It is not because I have committed any sin [against them] that they run and get ready to attack me.
5 Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations. Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. (Selah)
Yahweh my God, commander of the armies of heaven, the one we Israelis [worship], arise and punish the [ungodly/heathen people of] all the nations; do not be merciful to those [wicked people] who have (acted treacherously toward/secretly planned to harm) us.
6 They return at evening. They howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
They return each evening, snarling like vicious dogs [SIM] as they prowl around this city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for they say, Who hears?
They loudly say terrible things; they say [MTY] many things that [injure people like] [MET] swords do, but they think, “No one will [RHQ] hear us!”
8 But thou, O Jehovah, will laugh at them. Thou will have all the nations in derision.
But Yahweh, you laugh at them. You (scoff at/ridicule) the [people of the pagan] nations.
9 O my strength, I will give heed to thee, for God is my high tower.
God, I have confidence in you because you are very strong; you are my refuge.
10 My God with his loving kindness will meet me. God will let me look upon my enemies.
Because you love me, you will come to save me; you will allow me to watch while you defeat my enemies.
11 Kill them not, lest my people forget. Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield,
But do not kill them [immediately] in order that my people will not forget [how you punished them]! [Instead], Lord, [you who are like a] shield [that protects us] [MET], scatter them by your power, and [then] defeat them.
12 for the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips. Let them even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Because what they say [MTY] is sinful, allow them to be trapped for being proud. Because they are [always] cursing and telling lies,
13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more. And let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. (Selah)
because you are angry, get rid of them; destroy them completely in order that people will know that you rule over us, your Israeli people, and that you rule over all the earth.
14 And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
My enemies return each evening, snarling like [vicious] dogs as they prowl around this city.
15 They shall wander up and down for food, and tarry all night if they be not satisfied.
They roam around, searching for food; and if they do not find enough, they growl.
16 But I will sing of thy strength. Yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving kindness in the morning. For thou have been my high tower, and a refuge in the day of my distress.
But [as for me], I will sing about your power; [every] morning I will sing joyfully about your faithfully loving [us]. I will sing about how you protected me when I was [very] distressed.
17 To thee, O my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
God, you are the one who enables me to be strong; you are my refuge; you faithfully love me.
