Psalms 59
WEB

Psalms

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam + 59:1 Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60. of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him.

Deliver Me from My Enemies

1 Samuel 19:1–24

1Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.+ 2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.+ 3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.+ 4I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!+ 5You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.+ 6They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.+ 7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”+ 8But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.+ 9Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.+ 10My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.+ 11Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.+ 12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.+ 13Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.+ 14At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.+ 15They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren’t satisfied.+ 16But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.+ 17To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.+

World English Bible

Study Psalm 59

People

Dictionary, topics, timeline and more in the Library →