< Psalms 59 >
1 to/for to conduct Do Not Destroy Do Not Destroy to/for David Miktam in/on/with to send: depart Saul and to keep: guard [obj] [the] house: home to/for to die him to rescue me from enemy my God my from to arise: attack me to exalt me
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
2 to rescue me from to work evil: wickedness and from human blood to save me
Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
3 for behold to ambush to/for soul: life my to quarrel upon me strong not transgression my and not sin my LORD
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
4 without iniquity: crime to run: run [emph?] and to establish: prepare to rouse [emph?] to/for to encounter: meet me and to see: see
For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
5 and you(m. s.) LORD God Hosts God Israel to awake [emph?] to/for to reckon: punish all [the] nation not be gracious all to act treacherously evil: wickedness (Selah)
O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
6 to return: return to/for evening to roar like/as dog and to turn: surround city
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
7 behold to bubble [emph?] in/on/with lip their sword in/on/with lips their for who? to hear: hear
See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
8 and you(m. s.) LORD to laugh to/for them to mock to/for all nation
But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
9 strength his to(wards) you to keep: look at for God high refuge my
I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.
10 God (kindness my *Q(K)*) to meet me God to see: see me in/on/with enemy my
My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
11 not to kill them lest to forget people my to shake them in/on/with strength your and to go down them shield our Lord
Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
12 sin lip their word lips their and to capture in/on/with pride their and from oath and from lie to recount
By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
13 to end: destroy in/on/with rage to end: destroy and nothing they and to know for God to rule in/on/with Jacob to/for end [the] land: country/planet (Selah)
Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob.
14 and to return: return to/for evening to roar like/as dog and to turn: surround city
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
15 they(masc.) (to shake [emph?] *Q(K)*) to/for to eat if not to satisfy and to grumble
They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
16 and I to sing strength your and to sing to/for morning kindness your for to be high refuge to/for me and refuge in/on/with day to distress to/for me
But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
17 strength my to(wards) you to sing for God high refuge my God kindness my
To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.