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.
| לַמְנַצֵּחַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת לְדָוִד מִכְתָּם בִּשְׁלֹחַ שָׁאוּל וַֽיִּשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־הַבַּיִת לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃ הַצִּילֵנִי מֵאֹיְבַי ׀ אֱלֹהָי מִֽמִּתְקוֹמְמַי תְּשַׂגְּבֵֽנִי׃ |
2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And save me from men of blood.
| הַצִּילֵנִי מִפֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן וּֽמֵאַנְשֵׁי דָמִים הֽוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃ |
3 For behold, they laid wait for my soul, Strong ones are assembled against me, Not my transgression nor my sin, O YHWH.
| כִּי הִנֵּה אָרְבוּ לְנַפְשִׁי יָגוּרוּ עָלַי עַזִּים לֹֽא־פִשְׁעִי וְלֹא־חַטָּאתִי יְהֹוָֽה׃ |
4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
| בְּֽלִי־עָוֺן יְרֻצוּן וְיִכּוֹנָנוּ עוּרָה לִקְרָאתִי וּרְאֵֽה׃ |
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)
| וְאַתָּה יְהֹוָֽה־אֱלֹהִים ׀ צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָקִיצָה לִפְקֹד כׇּֽל־הַגּוֹיִם אַל־תָּחֹן כׇּל־בֹּגְדֵי אָוֶן סֶֽלָה׃ |
6 They return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go around the city.
| יָשׁוּבוּ לָעֶרֶב יֶהֱמוּ כַכָּלֶב וִיסוֹבְבוּ עִֽיר׃ |
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for “Who hears?”
| הִנֵּה ׀ יַבִּיעוּן בְּפִיהֶם חֲרָבוֹת בְּשִׂפְתֽוֹתֵיהֶם כִּי־מִי שֹׁמֵֽעַ׃ |
8 And You, O YHWH, laugh at them, You mock at all the nations.
| וְאַתָּה יְהֹוָה תִּשְׂחַק־לָמוֹ תִּלְעַג לְכׇל־גּוֹיִֽם׃ |
9 O my Strength, to You I take heed, For God [is] my tower—the God of my kindness.
| עֻזּוֹ אֵלֶיךָ אֶשְׁמֹרָה כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃ |
10 God goes before me, He causes me to look on my enemies.
| אֱלֹהֵי (חסדו) [חַסְדִּי] יְקַדְּמֵנִי אֱלֹהִים יַרְאֵנִי בְשֹׁרְרָֽי׃ |
11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget, Shake them by Your strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
| אַל־תַּהַרְגֵם ׀ פֶּֽן־יִשְׁכְּחוּ עַמִּי הֲנִיעֵמוֹ בְחֵילְךָ וְהוֹרִידֵמוֹ מָגִנֵּנוּ אֲדֹנָֽי׃ |
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.
| חַטַּאת־פִּימוֹ דְּֽבַר־שְׂפָתֵימוֹ וְיִלָּכְדוּ בִגְאוֹנָם וּמֵאָלָה וּמִכַּחַשׁ יְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃ |
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)
| כַּלֵּה בְחֵמָה כַּלֵּה וְֽאֵינֵמוֹ וְֽיֵדְעוּ כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים מֹשֵׁל בְּֽיַעֲקֹב לְאַפְסֵי הָאָרֶץ סֶֽלָה׃ |
14 And they return at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go around the city.
| וְיָשֻׁבוּ לָעֶרֶב יֶהֱמוּ כַכָּלֶב וִיסוֹבְבוּ עִֽיר׃ |
15 They wander for food, If they are not satisfied—then they murmur.
| הֵמָּה (ינועון) [יְנִיעוּן] לֶאֱכֹל אִם־לֹא יִשְׂבְּעוּ וַיָּלִֽינוּ׃ |
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.
| וַאֲנִי ׀ אָשִׁיר עֻזֶּךָ וַאֲרַנֵּן לַבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ כִּֽי־הָיִיתָ מִשְׂגָּב לִי וּמָנוֹס בְּיוֹם צַר־לִֽי׃ |
17 O my Strength, I sing praise to You, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!
| עֻזִּי אֵלֶיךָ אֲזַמֵּרָה כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים מִשְׂגַּבִּי אֱלֹהֵי חַסְדִּֽי׃ |
