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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 59 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/59.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/59-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Psalm 59</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/58.htm" title="Psalm 58">◄</a> Psalm 59 <a href="../psalms/60.htm" title="Psalm 60">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/59.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="d">For the choir director: A psalm<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> of David, regarding the time Saul sent soldiers to watch David’s house in order to kill him. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Rescue me from my enemies, O God.</p><p class="line2">Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Rescue me from these criminals;</p><p class="line2">save me from these murderers.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They have set an ambush for me.</p><p class="line2">Fierce enemies are out there waiting, LORD,</p><p class="line2">though I have not sinned or offended them.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I have done nothing wrong,</p><p class="line2">yet they prepare to attack me.</p><p class="line2">Wake up! See what is happening and help me!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,</p><p class="line2">wake up and punish those hostile nations.</p><p class="line2">Show no mercy to wicked traitors.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They come out at night,</p><p class="line2">snarling like vicious dogs</p><p class="line2">as they prowl the streets.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths;</p><p class="line2">their words cut like swords.</p><p class="line2">“After all, who can hear us?” they sneer.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But LORD, you laugh at them.</p><p class="line2">You scoff at all the hostile nations.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You are my strength; I wait for you to rescue me,</p><p class="line2">for you, O God, are my fortress.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me.</p><p class="line2">He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Don’t kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons;</p><p class="line2">stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees,</p><p class="line2">O Lord our shield.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Because of the sinful things they say,</p><p class="line2">because of the evil that is on their lips,</p><p class="line1">let them be captured by their pride,</p><p class="line2">their curses, and their lies.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Destroy them in your anger!</p><p class="line2">Wipe them out completely!</p><p class="line1">Then the whole world will know</p><p class="line2">that God reigns in Israel.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>My enemies come out at night,</p><p class="line2">snarling like vicious dogs</p><p class="line2">as they prowl the streets.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They scavenge for food</p><p class="line2">but go to sleep unsatisfied.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But as for me, I will sing about your power.</p><p class="line2">Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love.</p><p class="line1">For you have been my refuge,</p><p class="line2">a place of safety when I am in distress.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>O my Strength, to you I sing praises,</p><p class="line2">for you, O God, are my refuge,</p><p class="line2">the God who shows me unfailing love.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">59:TITLE </span><span class="ft"> Hebrew </span><span class="it">miktam.</span><span class="ft"> This may be a literary or musical term.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">59:13 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">in Jacob.</span><span class="ft"> See note on 44:4.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">59:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">and growl if they don’t get enough.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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