Psalm 59

1 To the Overseer. — ‘Destroy not,’ by David. — A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.YLT — Psalm 59:1

2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.YLT — Psalm 59:2

3 For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.YLT — Psalm 59:3

4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.YLT — Psalm 59:4

5 And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.YLT — Psalm 59:5

6 They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.YLT — Psalm 59:6

7 Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for ‘Who heareth?’YLT — Psalm 59:7

8 And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.YLT — Psalm 59:8

9 O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower — the God of my kindness.YLT — Psalm 59:9

10 God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.YLT — Psalm 59:10

11 Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.YLT — Psalm 59:11

12 The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.YLT — Psalm 59:12

13 Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.YLT — Psalm 59:13

14 And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.YLT — Psalm 59:14

15 They — they wander for food, If they are not satisfied — then they murmur.YLT — Psalm 59:15

16 And I — I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.YLT — Psalm 59:16

17 O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!YLT — Psalm 59:17