Psalms 59
1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David for an inscription of It title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.
For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3 For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:
For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither [is it] my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.
4 Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps.
Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold.
5 Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity.
And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. (Pause)
6 They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
7 Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?
Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [say they], has heard?
8 But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.
But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.
9 I will keep my strength to thee: for thou art my protector:
will keep my strength, [looking] to thee; for thou, O God, art my helper.
10 My God, his mercy shall prevent me.
[As for] my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will shew me [vengeance] on mine enemies.
11 God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my protector:
Slay them not, lest they forget thy law; scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.
12 For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of,
[For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.
13 When they are consumed: when they are consumed by thy wrath, and they shall be no more. And they shall know that God will rule Jacob, and all the ends of the earth.
And for [their] cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: [they shall fall] by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; so shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. (Pause)
14 They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
15 They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they be not filled.
They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
16 But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and my refuge, in the day of my trouble.
But I will sing to thy strength, and in the morning will I exult [in] thy mercy; for thou hast been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of mine affliction.
17 Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy.
[Thou art] my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing; thou art my supporter, O my God, [and] my mercy.
