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.
“For the leader of the music. To the tune of “Do not destroy.” A psalm of David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.” 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 doers 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, lo! they lie in wait for my life; The mighty are gathered against me, Without any offence or fault of mine, O LORD!
4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
Without any offence of mine, they run and prepare themselves; Awake to help 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)
Do thou, O Jehovah, God of hosts, God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations! Show no mercy to any wicked transgressors! (Pause)
6 They return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go around the city.
Let them return at evening, Let them 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! with their mouths they belch out malice; Swords are upon their lips; “For who,” say they, “will hear?”
8 And You, O YHWH, laugh at them, You mock at all the nations.
Yet thou, O LORD! wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt hold all the nations in derision!
9 O my Strength, to You I take heed, For God [is] my tower—the God of my kindness.
O my Strength! to thee will I look! For God is my defence;
10 God goes before me, He causes me to look on my enemies.
My God will come to meet me with his mercy; God will cause me to look with joy upon my 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; Scatter them by thy power, and cast 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.
The word of their lips is the sin of their mouth; Let them be overtaken in their pride, For the curses and the falsehood which they utter!
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)
Consume them in thy wrath; consume them that they be no more, That they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, Even to the ends of the earth! (Pause)
14 And they return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go around the city.
Let them return at evening, Let them howl like dogs, And go round about the city!
15 They wander for food, If they are not satisfied—then they murmur.
Let them wander about for food, When they have passed the night unsatisfied!
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 of thy power; Yea, in the morning will I sing aloud of thy mercy; For thou hast been my defence, My refuge in the day of my distress.
17 O my Strength, I sing praise to You, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!
To thee, O my Strength! will I sing! For God is my defence; a God of mercy to me.
