Psalms 59
1 To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.
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.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3 For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither [is it] my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.
4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to meet me, and behold.
Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold.
5 Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. (Selah)
And you, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. (Pause)
6 They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:
They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who [say they] doth hear?
Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [say they], has heard?
8 But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
But you, Lord, will laugh them to scorn; you will utterly set at nothing all the heathen.
9 Their strength! ...I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.
will keep my strength, [looking] to you; for you, O God, are my helper.
10 God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, — God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
[As for] my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will show me [vengeance] on mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
Slay them not, lest they forget your law; scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.
12 [Because of] the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.
[For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.
13 Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. (Selah)
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)
14 And in the evening they shall return, they shall howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
15 They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.
They shall be scattered hither and there for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
16 But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.
But I will sing to your strength, and in the morning will I exult [in] your mercy; for you have been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of mine affliction.
17 Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for God is my high fortress, the God of my mercy.
[You are] my helper; to you, my God, will I sing; you are my supporter, O my God, [and] my mercy.
