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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Psalm 59 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/psalms/59.htm" /><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="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">JPS Tanakh 1917</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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For the Leader; Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David; Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God;</div><div class="po2">Set me on high from them that rise up against me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,</div><div class="po2">And save me from the men of blood.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul;</div><div class="po2">The impudent gather themselves together against me;</div><div class="po2">Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Without my fault, they run and prepare themselves;</div><div class="po2">Awake Thou to help me, and behold.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,</div><div class="po2">Arouse Thyself to punish all the nations;</div><div class="po2">Show no mercy to any iniquitous traitors.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They return at evening, they howl like a dog,</div><div class="po2">And go round about the city.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Behold, they belch out with their mouth;</div><div class="po2">Swords are in their lips:</div><div class="po2">‘For who doth hear?’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But Thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them;</div><div class="po2">Thou shalt have all the nations in derision.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Because of his strength, I will wait for Thee;</div><div class="po2">For God is my high tower.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The God of my mercy will come to meet me;</div><div class="po2">God will let me gaze upon mine adversaries.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Slay them not, lest my people forget,</div><div class="po2">Make them wander to and fro by Thy power, and bring them down,</div><div class="po2">O Lord our shield.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,</div><div class="po2">Let them even be taken in their pride,</div><div class="po2">And for cursing and lying which they speak.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they be no more;</div><div class="po2">And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob,</div><div class="po2">Unto the ends of the earth.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And they return at evening, they howl like a dog,</div><div class="po2">And go round about the city;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They wander up and down to devour,</div><div class="po2">And tarry all night if they have not their fill.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But as for me, I will sing of Thy strength;</div><div class="po2">Yea, I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning;</div><div class="po2">For Thou hast been my high tower,</div><div class="po2">And a refuge in the day of my distress.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>O my strength, unto Thee will I sing praises; 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