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.
Unto the end, destroy not, for David for an inscription of It title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And save me from men of blood.
Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
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 have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:
4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps.
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)
Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity.
6 They return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go around the city.
They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for “Who hears?”
Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?
8 And You, O YHWH, laugh at them, You mock at all the nations.
But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.
9 O my Strength, to You I take heed, For God [is] my tower—the God of my kindness.
I will keep my strength to thee: for thou art my protector:
10 God goes before me, He causes me to look on my enemies.
My God, his mercy shall prevent me.
11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget, Shake them by Your strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my protector:
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.
For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of,
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)
When they are consumed: when they are consumed by thy wrath, and they shall be no more. And they shall know that God will rule Jacob, and all the ends of the earth.
14 And they return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go around the city.
They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
15 They wander for food, If they are not satisfied—then they murmur.
They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they be not filled.
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 I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and my 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, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy.
