Psalms 59
1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house, in order to execute him. Rescue me from my enemies, my God, and free me from those who rise up against me.
“For the leader of the music. To the tune of “Do not destroy.” A psalm of David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.” Deliver me from my enemies, O my God! Defend me from them that rise up against me!
2 Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
Deliver me from the doers of iniquity, And save me from men of blood!
3 For behold, they have seized my soul. The strong have rushed upon me.
For, lo! they lie in wait for my life; The mighty are gathered against me, Without any offence or fault of mine, O LORD!
4 And it is neither my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. I have run and gone directly, without iniquity.
Without any offence of mine, they run and prepare themselves; Awake to help me, and behold!
5 Rise up to meet me, and see: even you, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Reach out to visit all nations. Do not take pity on all those who work iniquity.
Do thou, O Jehovah, God of hosts, God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations! Show no mercy to any wicked transgressors! (Pause)
6 They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.
Let them return at evening, Let them howl like dogs, And go round about the city!
7 Behold, they will speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: “For who has heard us?”
Behold! with their mouths they belch out malice; Swords are upon their lips; “For who,” say they, “will hear?”
8 And you, O Lord, will laugh at them. You will lead all the Gentiles to nothing.
Yet thou, O LORD! wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt hold all the nations in derision!
9 I will guard my strength toward you, for you are God, my supporter.
O my Strength! to thee will I look! For God is my defence;
10 My God, his mercy will precede me.
My God will come to meet me with his mercy; God will cause me to look with joy upon my enemies.
11 God will oversee my enemies for me. Do not slay them, lest at times my people may forget them. Scatter them by your virtue. And depose them, O Lord, my protector,
Slay them not, lest my people forget; Scatter them by thy power, and cast them down, O Lord, our shield!
12 by the offense of their mouth and by the speech of their lips. And may they be caught in their arrogance. And, for their cursing and lying, they will be made known
The word of their lips is the sin of their mouth; Let them be overtaken in their pride, For the curses and the falsehood which they utter!
13 at the consummation, in the fury of the consummation, and so they will be no more. And they will know that God will rule over Jacob, even to the ends of the earth.
Consume them in thy wrath; consume them that they be no more, That they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, Even to the ends of the earth! (Pause)
14 They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.
Let them return at evening, Let them howl like dogs, And go round about the city!
15 They will be dispersed in order to gnaw, and truly, when they will not have been satisfied, they will murmur.
Let them wander about for food, When they have passed the night unsatisfied!
16 But I will sing your strength, and I will extol your mercy, in the morning. For you have been my supporter and my refuge in the day of my tribulation.
But I will sing of thy power; Yea, in the morning will I sing aloud of thy mercy; For thou hast been my defence, My refuge in the day of my distress.
17 To you, my helper, I will sing psalms. For you are God, my supporter. My God is my mercy.
To thee, O my Strength! will I sing! For God is my defence; a God of mercy to me.
