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Psalm 59 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Deliver Me from My Enemies

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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.

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Deliver me from workers of iniquity

And save me from men of bloodshed.

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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,

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

Arouse Yourself to meet me, and see!

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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.

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They return at evening, they howl like a dog,

And go around the city.

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Behold, they pour forth speech with their mouth;

Swords are in their lips,

For, they say, “Who hears?”

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But You, O Yahweh, laugh at them;

You mock all the nations.

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

For God is my stronghold.

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

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

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Do not slay them, or my people will forget;

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

O Lord, our shield.

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[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.

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[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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They return at evening, they howl like a dog,

And go around the city.

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They wander about [fn]for food

And [fn]growl if they are not satisfied.

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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.

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O my strength, I will sing praises to You;

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

See the LSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
LSB Footnotes
Lit Do Not Destroy
Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, Atonement Psalm
1 Sam 19:11
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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