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Psalm 59 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Deliver Me from My Enemies

Psa 59:1

For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam. [fn]When Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to put him to death.

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;

[fn]Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

Psa 59:2

Deliver me from workers of iniquity

And save me from men of bloodshed.

Psa 59:3

For behold, they have lain in wait for my soul;

[fn]Fierce men [fn]launch an attack against me,

Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Yahweh,

Psa 59:4

[fn]For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me.

Arouse Yourself to meet me, and see!

Psa 59:5

You, O Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel,

Awake to [fn]punish all the nations;

Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in [fn]iniquity. [fn]Selah.

Psa 59:6

They return at evening, they howl like a dog,

And go around the city.

Psa 59:7

Behold, they pour forth speech with their mouth;

Swords are in their lips,

For, they say, “Who hears?”

Psa 59:8

But You, O Yahweh, laugh at them;

You mock all the nations.

Psa 59:9

Because of [fn]his strength I will watch for You,

For God is my stronghold.

Psa 59:10

[fn]My God in His lovingkindness will approach me;

God will let me look triumphantly upon [fn]my foes.

Psa 59:11

Do not slay them, or my people will forget;

Make them wander about by Your power, and bring them down,

O Lord, our shield.

Psa 59:12

[fn]On account of the sin of their mouth and the word of their lips,

Let them even be caught in their pride,

And on account of curses and [fn]lies which they utter.

Psa 59:13

[fn]Destroy them in wrath, [fn]destroy them that they may be no more;

That men may know that God [fn]rules in Jacob

To the ends of the earth. Selah.

Psa 59:14

They return at evening, they howl like a dog,

And go around the city.

Psa 59:15

They wander about [fn]for food

And [fn]growl if they are not satisfied.

Psa 59:16

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;

And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,

For You have been my stronghold

And a refuge in the day of my distress.

Psa 59:17

O my strength, I will sing praises to You;

For God is my stronghold, the [fn]God who shows me lovingkindness.

LSB Footnotes
Lit Do Not Destroy
Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, Atonement Psalm
Or May You put me in an inaccessibly high place
Or Strong
Or stir up strife
Lit Without guilt
Lit visit
Or wickedness
Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
Many mss and some ancient versions my strength
Many mss and some ancient versions The God of my lovingkindness
Lit those who lie in wait for me
Or The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips,
Lit lying
Lit Bring to an end
Lit Bring to an end
Or is Ruler
Or to devour
Or tarry all night
Lit God of my lovingkindness
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