Psalms 59 · Clearspring

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

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

Deliver Me from My Enemies

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