Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
Quotes around Verses      |
 Psa 59:1 |
For the choir director; set to [fn]Al-tashheth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, [fn]when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; [fn]Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me. |
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Psa 59:2 |
Deliver me from those who do iniquity And save me from men of bloodshed. |
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Psa 59:3 |
For behold, they have [fn]set an ambush for my [fn]life; [fn]Fierce men [fn]launch an attack against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD, |
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Psa 59:4 |
[fn]For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me. Arouse Yourself to [fn]help me, and see! |
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Psa 59:5 |
You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to [fn]punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. [fn]Selah. |
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Psa 59:6 |
They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city. |
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Psa 59:7 |
Behold, they belch forth with their mouth; Swords are in their lips, For, they say, "Who hears?" |
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Psa 59:8 |
But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations. |
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Psa 59:9 |
Because of [fn]his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold. |
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Psa 59:10 |
[fn]My God in His lovingkindness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly upon [fn]my foes. |
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Psa 59:11 |
Do not slay them, or my people will forget; [fn]Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. |
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Psa 59:12 |
[fn]On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and [fn]lies which they utter. |
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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. |
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Psa 59:14 |
They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city. |
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Psa 59:15 |
They wander about [fn]for food And [fn]growl if they are not satisfied. |
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Psa 59:16 |
But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; Yes, 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. |
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Psa 59:17 |
O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the [fn]God who shows me lovingkindness. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (59:1) Literally: Do Not Destroy
- (59:1) Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
- (59:1) 1 Sam 19:11
- (59:1) Or, May You put me in an inaccessibly high place
- (59:3) Or, lain in wait
- (59:3) Literally: soul
- (59:3) Or, Strong
- (59:3) Or, stir up strife
- (59:4) Literally: Without guilt
- (59:4) Literally: meet
- (59:5) Literally: visit
- (59:5) Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
- (59:9) Many mss and some ancient versions read My strength
- (59:10) Many mss and some ancient versions read The God of my lovingkindness
- (59:10) Literally: those who lie in wait for me
- (59:11) Or, Make them wander
- (59:12) Or, The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips,
- (59:12) Literally: lying
- (59:13) Literally: Bring to an end
- (59:13) Or, is Ruler
- (59:15) Or, to devour
- (59:15) Another reading is tarry all night
- (59:17) Literally: God of my lovingkindness
