Psalms 59
1 God, save me from my enemies! Protect me from those who want to attack me!
“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 Rescue me from men who want to do what is wicked, men who are murderers!
Deliver me from the doers of iniquity, And save me from men of blood!
3 Look! They are waiting to kill me! Fierce men have gathered to assault me. Yahweh, they are doing that even though I have not done what is wrong!
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 It is not because I have committed any sin [against them] that they run and get ready to attack me.
Without any offence of mine, they run and prepare themselves; Awake to help me, and behold!
5 Yahweh my God, commander of the armies of heaven, the one we Israelis [worship], arise and punish the [ungodly/heathen people of] all the nations; do not be merciful to those [wicked people] who have (acted treacherously toward/secretly planned to harm) us.
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 each evening, snarling like vicious dogs [SIM] as they prowl around this city.
Let them return at evening, Let them howl like dogs, And go round about the city!
7 They loudly say terrible things; they say [MTY] many things that [injure people like] [MET] swords do, but they think, “No one will [RHQ] hear us!”
Behold! with their mouths they belch out malice; Swords are upon their lips; “For who,” say they, “will hear?”
8 But Yahweh, you laugh at them. You (scoff at/ridicule) the [people of the pagan] nations.
Yet thou, O LORD! wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt hold all the nations in derision!
9 God, I have confidence in you because you are very strong; you are my refuge.
O my Strength! to thee will I look! For God is my defence;
10 Because you love me, you will come to save me; you will allow me to watch while you defeat my enemies.
My God will come to meet me with his mercy; God will cause me to look with joy upon my enemies.
11 But do not kill them [immediately] in order that my people will not forget [how you punished them]! [Instead], Lord, [you who are like a] shield [that protects us] [MET], scatter them by your power, and [then] defeat them.
Slay them not, lest my people forget; Scatter them by thy power, and cast them down, O Lord, our shield!
12 Because what they say [MTY] is sinful, allow them to be trapped for being proud. Because they are [always] cursing and telling lies,
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 because you are angry, get rid of them; destroy them completely in order that people will know that you rule over us, your Israeli people, and that you rule over all the earth.
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 My enemies return each evening, snarling like [vicious] dogs as they prowl around this city.
Let them return at evening, Let them howl like dogs, And go round about the city!
15 They roam around, searching for food; and if they do not find enough, they growl.
Let them wander about for food, When they have passed the night unsatisfied!
16 But [as for me], I will sing about your power; [every] morning I will sing joyfully about your faithfully loving [us]. I will sing about how you protected me when I was [very] distressed.
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 God, you are the one who enables me to be strong; you are my refuge; you faithfully love me.
To thee, O my Strength! will I sing! For God is my defence; a God of mercy to me.
