Psalm 59

A Prayer for Safety^+z

59 Save me from my enemies, my God;

protect me from those who attack me!

²Save me from those evil people;

rescue me from those murderers!

³Look! They are waiting to kill me;

cruel people are gathering against me.

It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done,

⁴nor because of any fault of mine, O Lord,

that they hurry to their places.

⁵Rise, Lord God Almighty, and come to my aid;

see for yourself, God of Israel!

Wake up and punish the heathen;

show no mercy to evil traitors!

⁶They come back in the evening,

snarling like dogs as they go about the city.

⁷Listen to their insults and threats.

Their tongues are like swords in their mouths,

yet they think that no one hears them.

⁸But you laugh at them, Lord;

you mock all the heathen.

⁹I have confidence in your strength;

you are my refuge, O God.

¹⁰My God loves me and will come to me;

he will let me see my enemies defeated.

¹¹Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget.

Scatter them by your strength and defeat them,

O Lord, our protector.

¹²Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful;

may they be caught in their pride!

Because they curse and lie,

¹³destroy them in your anger;

destroy them completely.

Then everyone will know that God rules in Israel,

that his rule extends over all the earth.

¹⁴My enemies come back in the evening,

snarling like dogs as they go about the city,

¹⁵like dogs roaming about for food

and growling if they do not find enough.

¹⁶But I will sing about your strength;

every morning I will sing aloud of your constant love.

You have been a refuge for me,

a shelter in my time of trouble.

¹⁷I will praise you, my defender.

My refuge is God,

the God who loves me.