Psalms 59
1 For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.
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.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Take me out of the power of the workers of evil, and keep me safe from the men of blood.
3 For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither [is it] my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.
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.
4 Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold.
For no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves ready; be awake and come to my help, and see.
5 And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. (Pause)
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)
6 They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
They come back in the evening; they make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.
7 Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [say they], has heard?
See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
8 But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.
But you are laughing at them, O Lord; you will make sport of all the nations.
9 will keep my strength, [looking] to thee; for thou, O God, art my helper.
O my strength, I will put my hope in you; because God is my strong tower.
10 [As for] my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will shew me [vengeance] on mine enemies.
The God of my mercy will go before me: God will let me see my desire effected on my haters.
11 Slay them not, lest they forget thy law; scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.
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.
12 [For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.
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,
13 And for [their] cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: [they shall fall] by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; so shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. (Pause)
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)
14 They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
And in the evening let them come back, and make a noise like a dog, and go round the town.
15 They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.
16 But I will sing to thy strength, and in the morning will I exult [in] thy mercy; for thou hast been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of mine affliction.
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.
17 [Thou art] my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing; thou art my supporter, O my God, [and] my mercy.
To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.
