Psalm 58–60

Psalm 58

To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.

¹Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?

Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

²No, in heart you work wickedness;

You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

^3aThe wicked are estranged from the womb;

They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

^4bTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent;

They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,

⁵Which will not ^cheed the voice of charmers,

Charming ever so skillfully.

^6dBreak ²their teeth in their mouth, O God!

Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!

^7eLet them flow away as waters which run continually;

When he bends his bow,

Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.

⁸Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,

^fLike a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

⁹Before your ^gpots can feel the burning thorns,

He shall take them away ^has with a whirlwind,

As in His living and burning wrath.

¹⁰The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the ⁱvengeance;

^jHe shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

^11kSo that men will say,

“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;

Surely He is God who ^ljudges in the earth.”

Psalm 59

To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David When Saul Sent Men, and They Watched the House in Order to Kill Him.

¹Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;

²Defend me from those who rise up against me.

²Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,

And save me from bloodthirsty men.

³For look, they lie in wait for my life;

^bThe mighty gather against me,

Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.

⁴They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine.

^cAwake to help me, and behold!

⁵You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,

Awake to punish all the ³nations;

Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors.

Selah

^6dAt evening they return,

They growl like a dog,

And go all around the city.

⁷Indeed, they belch with their mouth;

^eSwords are in their lips;

For they say, ^f“Who hears?”

⁸But ^gYou, O Lord, shall laugh at them;

You shall have all the ⁴nations in derision.

⁹I will wait for You, O You ⁵his Strength;

^hFor God is my ⁶defense.

¹⁰⁷My God of mercy shall ⁱcome to meet me;

God shall let ^jme see my desire on my enemies.

¹¹Do not slay them, lest my people forget;

Scatter them by Your power,

And bring them down,

O Lord our shield.

^12kFor the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,

Let them even be taken in their pride,

And for the cursing and lying which they speak.

^13lConsume them in wrath, consume them,

That they may not be;

And ^mlet them know that God rules in Jacob

To the ends of the earth.

Selah

¹⁴And ⁿat evening they return,

They growl like a dog,

And go all around the city.

¹⁵They ^owander up and down for food,

And ⁸howl if they are not satisfied.

¹⁶But I will sing of Your power;

Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;

For You have been my defense

And refuge in the day of my trouble.

¹⁷To You, ^pO my Strength, I will sing praises;

For God is my defense,

My God of mercy.

Psalm 60

To the Chief Musician. Set to “Lily of the Testimony.” A Michtam of David. For Teaching. When He Fought Against Mesopotamia and Syria of Zobah, and Joab Returned and Killed Twelve Thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

¹O God, ^cYou have cast us off;

You have broken us down;

You have been displeased;

Oh, restore us again!

²You have made the earth tremble;

You have broken it;

^dHeal its breaches, for it is shaking.

^3eYou have shown Your people hard things;

^fYou have made us drink the wine of ²confusion.

^4gYou have given a banner to those who fear You,

That it may be displayed because of the truth.

Selah

^5hThat Your beloved may be delivered,

Save with Your right hand, and hear me.

⁶God has ⁱspoken in His holiness:

“I will rejoice;

I will ^jdivide ^kShechem

And measure out ^lthe Valley of Succoth.

⁷Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;

^mEphraim also is the ³helmet for My head;

ⁿJudah is My lawgiver.

^8oMoab is My washpot;

^pOver Edom I will cast My shoe;

^qPhilistia, shout in triumph because of Me.”

⁹Who will bring me to the strong city?

Who will lead me to Edom?

¹⁰Is it not You, O God, ^rwho cast us off?

And You, O God, who did ^snot go out with our armies?

¹¹Give us help from trouble,

^tFor the help of man is useless.

¹²Through God ^uwe will do valiantly,

For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.