Psalms 59
1 DELIVER me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me 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 bloody men.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, 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 run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold.
5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. (Selah)
And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. (Pause)
6 They return at evening: they make a noise 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, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
will keep my strength, [looking] to thee; for thou, O God, art my helper.
10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
[As for] my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will shew me [vengeance] on mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Slay them not, lest they forget thy law; scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.
12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for 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 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them 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 at evening let them return; and let them make a noise 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 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
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.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
[Thou art] my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing; thou art my supporter, O my God, [and] my mercy.
