Psalm 59

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.