Psalm 59 — Legacy Standard Bible

Deliver Me from My Enemies

For the choir director. ¹Al-tashheth. Of David. A ²Mikhtam. ³When Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to put him to death.

^aDeliver me from my enemies, O my God;⁴^,^bSet me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.²Deliver me from ^aworkers of iniquityAnd save me from ^bmen of bloodshed.³For behold, they ^ahave lain in wait for my soul;¹Fierce men ²^,^blaunch an attack against me,^cNot for my transgression nor for my sin, O Yahweh,⁴¹^,^aFor no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me.^bArouse Yourself to meet me, and see!⁵You, ^aO Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel,Awake to ¹^,^bpunish all the nations;^cDo not be gracious to any who are treacherous in ²iniquity. ³ Selah.⁶They ^areturn at evening, they howl like a ^bdog,And go around the city.⁷Behold, they ^apour forth speech with their mouth;^bSwords are in their lips,For, they say, “^cWho hears?”⁸But You, O Yahweh, ^alaugh at them;You ^bmock all the nations.⁹Because of ¹his ^astrength I will watch for You,For God is my ^bstronghold.¹⁰¹My God ^ain His lovingkindness will approach me;God will let me ^blook triumphantly upon ²my foes.¹¹Do not slay them, ^aor my people will forget;^bMake them wander about by Your power, and bring them down,O Lord, ^cour shield.¹²¹On account of the ^asin of their mouth and the word of their lips,Let them even be ^bcaught in their pride,And on account of ^ccurses and ²lies which they utter.¹³¹^,^aDestroy them in wrath, ²destroy them that they may be no more;That men may ^bknow that God ³rules in JacobTo the ends of the earth. Selah.¹⁴They ^areturn at evening, they howl like a dog,And go around the city.¹⁵They ^awander about ¹for foodAnd ²growl if they are not satisfied.¹⁶But as for me, I shall ^asing of Your strength;And I shall ^bjoyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the ^cmorning,For You have been my ^dstrongholdAnd a ^erefuge in the day of my distress.¹⁷^aO my strength, I will sing praises to You;For God is my ^bstronghold, the ¹God who shows me lovingkindness.

Footnotes

59:TITLE1 Lit Do Not Destroy
59:TITLE2 Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, Atonement Psalm
59:TITLE3 1 Sam 19:11
59:14 Or May You put me in an inaccessibly high place
59:31 Or Strong
59:32 Or stir up strife
59:41 Lit Without guilt
59:51 Lit visit
59:52 Or wickedness
59:53 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
59:91 Many mss and some ancient versions my strength
59:101 Many mss and some ancient versions The God of my lovingkindness
59:102 Lit those who lie in wait for me
59:121 Or The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips,
59:122 Lit lying
59:131 Lit Bring to an end
59:132 Lit Bring to an end
59:133 Or is Ruler
59:151 Or to devour
59:152 Or tarry all night
59:171 Lit God of my lovingkindness