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Psalm 59 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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PSALM 59
The Assured Judgment of the Wicked
To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.”[fn] A Michtam of David when Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him.
1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
​​Defend me from those who rise up against me.
2 ​​Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
​​And save me from bloodthirsty men.
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3 ​​For look, they lie in wait for my life;
​​The mighty gather against me,
​​Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.
4 ​​They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine.
​
​​Awake to help me, and behold!
5 ​​You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,
​​Awake to punish all the nations;
​​Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah
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6 ​​At evening they return,
​​They growl like a dog,
​​And go all around the city.
7 ​​Indeed, they belch with their mouth;
​​Swords are in their lips;
​​For they say, “Who hears?”
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8 ​​But You, O LORD, shall laugh at them;
​​You shall have all the nations in derision.
9 ​​I will wait for You, O You his Strength;[fn]
​​For God is my defense.
10 ​​My God of mercy[fn] shall come to meet me;
​​God shall let me see my desire on my enemies.
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11 ​​Do not slay them, lest my people forget;
​​Scatter them by Your power,
​​And bring them down,
​​O Lord our shield.
12 ​​For 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.
13 ​​Consume them in wrath, consume them,
​​That they may not be;
​​And let them know that God rules in Jacob
​​To the ends of the earth. Selah
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14 ​​And at evening they return,
​​They growl like a dog,
​​And go all around the city.
15 ​​They wander up and down for food,
​​And howl[fn] if they are not satisfied.
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16 ​​But 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.
17 ​​To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises;
​​For God is my defense,
​​My God of mercy.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Hebrew Al Tashcheth
Following Masoretic Text and Syriac; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Targum, and Vulgate read my Strength.
Following Qere; some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, and Vulgate read My God, His mercy; Kethib, some Hebrew manuscripts and Targum read O God, my mercy; Syriac reads O God, Your mercy.
Following Septuagint and Vulgate; Masoretic Text, Syriac, and Targum read spend the night.
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