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 Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David: Michtam: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: set 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 the bloodthirsty 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, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty gather themselves together 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.
They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake thou 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)
Even thou, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. (Selah)
6 They return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go around the city.
They return at evening, they make a noise 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, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
9 O my Strength, to You I take heed, For God [is] my tower—the God of my kindness.
O my strength, I will wait upon thee: for God is my high tower.
10 God goes before me, He causes me to look on my enemies.
The God of my mercy shall prevent 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: scatter them by thy power, 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.
[For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for 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)
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they be no more: and let them 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 at evening let them return, let them make a noise 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 up and down for meat and tarry 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 I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my high tower, and a 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!
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: for God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
