Psalms 59
1 TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN SAUL’S SENDING, AND THEY WATCH THE HOUSE TO PUT HIM TO DEATH. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, Set me on high from my withstanders.
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.
2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And save me from men of blood.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
3 For behold, they laid wait for my soul, Strong ones are assembled against me, Not my transgression nor my sin, O YHWH.
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.
4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to meet me, and behold.
5 And You, YHWH, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Do not favor any treacherous dealers of iniquity. (Selah)
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)
6 They return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go around the city.
They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for “Who hears?”
Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who [say they] doth hear?
8 And You, O YHWH, laugh at them, You mock at all the nations.
But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
9 O my Strength, to You I take heed, For God [is] my tower—the God of my kindness.
Their strength! ...I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.
10 God goes before me, He causes me to look on my enemies.
God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, — God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget, Shake them by Your strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
12 The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And they recount from the curse and lying.
[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.
13 Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. (Selah)
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)
14 And they return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go around the city.
And in the evening they shall return, they shall howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
15 They wander for food, If they are not satisfied—then they murmur.
They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.
16 And I sing of Your strength, And at morning I sing of Your kindness, For You have been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.
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.
17 O my Strength, I sing praise to You, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!
Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for God is my high fortress, the God of my mercy.
