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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s"><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.59.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> A Prayer for Safety<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.59.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.1" class="v19_59_1">1</span>Save me from my enemies, my God;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_1">protect me from those who attack me!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.2" class="v19_59_2">2</span>Save me from those evil people;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_2">rescue me from those murderers!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.3" class="v19_59_3">3</span>Look! They are waiting to kill me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_3">cruel people are gathering against me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_3">It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.4" class="v19_59_4">4</span>nor because of any fault of mine, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_4">that they hurry to their places.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.5" class="v19_59_5">5</span>Rise, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God Almighty, and come to my aid;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_5">see for yourself, God of Israel!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_5">Wake up and punish the heathen;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_5">show no mercy to evil traitors!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.6" class="v19_59_6">6</span>They come back in the evening,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_6">snarling like dogs as they go about the city.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.7" class="v19_59_7">7</span>Listen to their insults and threats.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_7">Their tongues are like swords in their mouths,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_7">yet they think that no one hears them.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.8" class="v19_59_8">8</span>But you laugh at them, <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_8">you mock all the heathen.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.9" class="v19_59_9">9</span>I have confidence in your strength;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_9">you are my refuge, O God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.10" class="v19_59_10">10</span>My God loves me and will come to me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_10">he will let me see my enemies defeated.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.11" class="v19_59_11">11</span>Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_11">Scatter them by your strength and defeat them,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_11">O Lord, our protector.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.12" class="v19_59_12">12</span>Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_12">may they be caught in their pride!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_12">Because they curse and lie,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.13" class="v19_59_13">13</span>destroy them in your anger;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_13">destroy them completely.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_13">Then everyone will know that God rules in Israel,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_13">that his rule extends over all the earth.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.14" class="v19_59_14">14</span>My enemies come back in the evening,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_14">snarling like dogs as they go about the city,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.15" class="v19_59_15">15</span>like dogs roaming about for food</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_15">and growling if they do not find enough.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.16" class="v19_59_16">16</span>But I will sing about your strength;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_16">every morning I will sing aloud of your constant love.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_16">You have been a refuge for me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_16">a shelter in my time of trouble.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_59_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.59.17" class="v19_59_17">17</span>I will praise you, my defender.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_17">My refuge is God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_59_17">the God who loves me.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David, after Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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