Psalms 59
1 To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death. Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.
TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN SAUL’S SENDING, AND THEY WATCH THE HOUSE TO PUT HIM TO DEATH. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, Set me on high from my withstanders.
2 Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood.
Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And save me from men of blood.
3 For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.
For behold, they laid wait for my soul, Strong ones are assembled against me, Not my transgression nor my sin, O YHWH.
4 For no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves ready; be awake and come to my help, and see.
Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
5 You, O Lord God of armies, are the God of Israel; come now and give punishment to the nations; have no mercy on any workers of deceit. (Selah)
And You, YHWH, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Do not favor any treacherous dealers of iniquity. (Selah)
6 They come back in the evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.
They return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go around the city.
7 See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
Behold, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for “Who hears?”
8 But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.
And You, O YHWH, laugh at them, You mock at all the nations.
9 O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.
O my Strength, to You I take heed, For God [is] my tower—the God of my kindness.
10 The God of my mercy will go before me: God will let me see my desire effected on my haters.
God goes before me, He causes me to look on my enemies.
11 Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.
Do not slay them, lest my people forget, Shake them by Your strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12 Because of the sin of their mouths and the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and for their curses and their deceit,
The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And they recount from the curse and lying.
13 Put an end to them in your wrath, put an end to them, so that they may not be seen again; let them see that God is ruling in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah)
Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. (Selah)
14 And in the evening let them come back, and make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.
And they return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go around the city.
15 Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.
They wander for food, If they are not satisfied—then they murmur.
16 But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.
And I sing of Your strength, And at morning I sing of Your kindness, For You have been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.
17 To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.
O my Strength, I sing praise to You, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!
