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.
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.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and save me from 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 behold, they have seized my soul. The strong have rushed upon me.
4 Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold.
And it is neither my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. I have run and gone directly, without iniquity.
5 And you, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. (Pause)
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.
6 They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.
7 Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [say they], has heard?
Behold, they will speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: “For who has heard us?”
8 But you, Lord, will laugh them to scorn; you will utterly set at nothing all the heathen.
And you, O Lord, will laugh at them. You will lead all the Gentiles to nothing.
9 will keep my strength, [looking] to you; for you, O God, are my helper.
I will guard my strength toward you, for you are God, my supporter.
10 [As for] my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will show me [vengeance] on mine enemies.
My God, his mercy will precede me.
11 Slay them not, lest they forget your law; scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.
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,
12 [For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.
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
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)
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.
14 They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.
15 They shall be scattered hither and there for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
They will be dispersed in order to gnaw, and truly, when they will not have been satisfied, they will murmur.
16 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.
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.
17 [You are] my helper; to you, my God, will I sing; you are my supporter, O my God, [and] my mercy.
To you, my helper, I will sing psalms. For you are God, my supporter. My God is my mercy.
