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Set to <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David when Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-59-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-1"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>Defend me from those who rise up against me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-2">And save me from bloodthirsty men.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For look, they lie in wait for my life;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-3">The mighty gather against me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-3">Not <i>for</i> my transgression nor <i>for</i> my sin, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They run and prepare themselves through no fault <i>of mine.</i></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Ps-59-4">Awake to help me, and behold!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You therefore, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> God of hosts, the God of Israel,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-5">Awake to punish all the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>nations;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-5">Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. <i class="selah">Selah</i></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>At evening they return,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-6">They growl like a dog,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-6">And go all around the city.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Indeed, they belch with their mouth;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-7">Swords <i>are</i> in their lips;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-7">For <i>they say,</i> “Who hears?”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But You, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, shall laugh at them;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-8">You shall have all the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>nations in derision.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will wait for You, O You <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>his Strength;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-9">For God <i>is</i> my <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>defense.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>My God of mercy shall come to meet me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-10">God shall let me see <i>my desire</i> on my enemies.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Do not slay them, lest my people forget;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-11">Scatter them by Your power,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-11">And bring them down,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-11">O Lord our shield.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><i>For</i> the sin of their mouth <i>and</i> the words of their lips,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-12">Let them even be taken in their pride,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-12">And for the cursing and lying <i>which</i> they speak.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Consume <i>them</i> in wrath, consume <i>them,</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-13">That they <i>may</i> not <i>be;</i></span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-13">And let them know that God rules in Jacob</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-13">To the ends of the earth. <i class="selah">Selah</i></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And at evening they return,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-14">They growl like a dog,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-14">And go all around the city.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They wander up and down for food,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-15">And <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>howl if they are not satisfied.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But I will sing of Your power;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-16">Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-16">For You have been my defense</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-16">And refuge in the day of my trouble.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-17">For God <i>is</i> my defense,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-59-17">My God of mercy.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-14792a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 59:1">Psalm 59:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Al Tashcheth</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14792b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 59:1">Psalm 59:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>Set me on high</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14796c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 59:5">Psalm 59:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14799d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 59:8">Psalm 59:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Gentiles</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14800e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 59:9">Psalm 59:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with MT, Syr.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg., Vg. <i>my Strength</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14800f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 59:9">Psalm 59:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>fortress</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14801g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 59:10">Psalm 59:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with Qr.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Vg. <i>My God, His mercy;</i> Kt., some Heb. mss., Tg. <i>O God, my mercy;</i> Syr. <i>O God, Your mercy</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-14806h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 59:15">Psalm 59:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with LXX, Vg.; MT, Syr., Tg. <i>spend the night</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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