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, Al-tashcheth, by David, a Michtham, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to put him to death.” Deliver me from my enemies, O my God: 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 the workers of wickedness, and from men of blood do thou save me.
3 For behold, they laid wait for my soul, Strong ones are assembled against me, Not my transgression nor my sin, O YHWH.
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul, the mighty are gathered in troops against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
Without guilt [in me] they run and make themselves ready: awake, [come] toward 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)
And thou, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to punish all the nations: be not gracious to any treacherous wicked one. (Selah)
6 They return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go around the city.
They will return at evening; they will howl like dogs, and go round about the city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for “Who hears?”
Behold, they sputter 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, O Lord, wilt laugh at theme: thou wilt hold in derision all the nations.
9 O my Strength, to You I take heed, For God [is] my tower—the God of my kindness.
Because of [the enemy's] strength will I wait upon thee; for God is my defence.
10 God goes before me, He causes me to look on my enemies.
The God who showeth me kindness will go before me: God will let me see [my desire] upon those who regard me with envy.
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, that my people may not forget: drive them about by thy power; and bring them down, thou our shield, O Lord.
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.
The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips: let them be caught through their pride, because of the cursing and lying which they relate.
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 fury, make an end [of them], that they my be no more, and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, as far as 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 they will return in the evening; they will howl like dogs, and go round about the city.
15 They wander for food, If they are not satisfied—then they murmur.
They will indeed roam about after something to eat, if they be not satisfied, so that they can be at rest.
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 truly sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing joyfully in the morning of thy kindness; for thou hast been a defence unto me and a refuge on the day when I was distressed.
17 O my Strength, I sing praise to You, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing; for God is my defence, the God of my kindness.
