Psalms 59
1 To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him. O my God, deliuer mee from mine enemies: defend me from them that rise vp 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 Deliuer me from the wicked doers, and saue me from the bloody men.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3 For loe, they haue layd waite for my soule: the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine offence, nor for my sinne, O Lord.
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 runne and prepare themselues without a fault on my part: arise therefore to assist me, and beholde.
Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold.
5 Euen thou, O Lord God of hostes, O God of Israel awake to visit all the heathen, and be not merciful vnto all that transgresse maliciously. (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 goe to and from in the euening: they barke like dogs, and goe about the citie.
They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
7 Behold, they brag in their talke, and swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?
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, O Lord, shalt haue them in derision, and thou shalt laugh at all the heathen.
But you, Lord, will laugh them to scorn; you will utterly set at nothing all the heathen.
9 He is strong: but I will waite vpon thee: for God is my defence.
will keep my strength, [looking] to you; for you, O God, are my helper.
10 My mercifull God will preuent me: God wil let me see my desire vpon 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, least my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them downe, 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 For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.
[For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.
13 Consume them in thy wrath: consume them that they be no more: and let them knowe that God ruleth in Iaakob, euen vnto the ends of the world. (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 euening they shall go to and from, and barke like dogs, and go about the citie.
They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
15 They shall runne here and there for meate: and surely they shall not be satisfied, though they tary all night.
They shall be scattered hither and there for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
16 But I wil sing of thy power, and will prayse thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast bene my defence and 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 Vnto thee, O my Strength, wil I sing: for God is my defence, and my mercifull God.
[You are] my helper; to you, my God, will I sing; you are my supporter, O my God, [and] my mercy.
