Psalms 59:1
To the Overseer. --`Destroy not,' by David. --A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
Psalms 59:2
Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.
Psalms 59:3
For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.
Psalms 59:4
Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
Psalms 59:5
And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.
Psalms 59:6
They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.
Psalms 59:7
Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords are in their lips, for `Who heareth?'
Psalms 59:8
And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.
Psalms 59:9
O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God is my tower--the God of my kindness.
Psalms 59:10
God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.
Psalms 59:11
Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 59:12
The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.
Psalms 59:13
Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.
Psalms 59:14
And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.
Psalms 59:15
They--they wander for food, If they are not satisfied--then they murmur.
Psalms 59:16
And I--I sing of Thy strength, And I sing at morn of Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.
Psalms 59:17
O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God is my tower, the God of my kindness!