Psalms 59
Deliver Me from My Enemies
To the choirmaster: according to aDo Not Destroy. A bMiktam ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term of David, dwhen Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.
1 eDeliver me from my enemies, O my God;fprotect me from those who grise up against me;
2deliver me from hthose who work evil,
and save me from ibloodthirsty men.
3 For behold, they jlie in wait for my life;
fierce men kstir up strife against me.
lFor no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
4for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
mAwake, come to meet me, and see!
5You, nLord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
6 Each evening they ocome back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
7There they are, pbellowing with their mouths
with qswords in their lips—
for r“Who,” they think, ▼
▼Hebrew lacks they think
“will hear us?”8 But you, O Lord, tlaugh at them;
you hold all the nations in derision.
9O my Strength, I will watch for you,
for you, O God, are umy fortress.
10 vMy God in his steadfast love ▼
▼Or The God who shows me steadfast love
xwill meet me;God will let me ylook in triumph on my enemies.
11 Kill them not, lest my people forget;
make them totter ▼
▼Or wander
by your power and aabring them down,O Lord, our abshield!
12For acthe sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
13 adconsume them in wrath;
consume them till they are no more,
that they may aeknow that God rules over Jacob
to afthe ends of the earth. Selah
14 agEach evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
15They ahwander about for food
and growl if they do not get their fill.
16 But I will sing of your strength;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me aia fortress
and aja refuge in akthe day of my distress.
17O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,
for you, O God, alare my fortress,
amthe God who shows me steadfast love.
Psalms 60
He Will Tread Down Our Foes
To the choirmaster: according to anShushan Eduth. A aoMiktam ▼▼Probably musical or liturgical terms of David; aqfor instruction; when he arstrove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
1 O God, asyou have rejected us, atbroken our defenses;you have been angry; auoh, restore us.
2You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;
avrepair its breaches, for it totters.
3 awYou have made your people see hard things;
axyou have given us aywine to drink that made us stagger.
4 You have set up aza banner for those who fear you,
that they may flee to it bafrom the bow. ▼
▼Or that it may be displayed because of truth
Selah 5 bcThat your bdbeloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer us!
6 God has spoken bein his holiness: ▼
▼Or sanctuary
“With exultation bgI will divide up bhShechem
and portion out the Vale of biSuccoth.
7 bjGilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
bkEphraim is blmy helmet;
Judah is my bmscepter.
8 bnMoab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I bocast my shoe;
over bpPhilistia I shout in triumph.” ▼
▼Revocalization (compare Psalm 108:10); Masoretic Text over me, O Philistia, shout in triumph
9 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
brWho will lead me to Edom?
10Have you not bsrejected us, O God?
You btdo not go forth, O God, with our armies.
11Oh, grant us help against the foe,
for buvain is the salvation of man!
12With God we shall bvdo valiantly;
it is he who will bwtread down our foes.
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