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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 ESV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/59.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Deliver Me from My Enemies</p><subheading class="psalm-title">To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probably a musical or liturgical term">a</a></sup></span> of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;</span><br /><span class="indent">protect 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><span class="ln-group">deliver me from those who work evil,</span><br /><span class="indent">and save me from bloodthirsty men.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For behold, they lie in wait for my life;</span><br /><span class="indent">fierce men stir up strife against me.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For no transgression or sin of mine, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="indent">for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Awake, come to meet me, and see!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="indent">You, <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> God of hosts, are God of Israel.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;</span><br /><span class="indent">spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. <selah>Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Each evening they come back,</span><br /><span class="indent">howling like dogs</span><br /><span class="indent">and prowling about the city.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">There they are, bellowing with their mouths</span><br /><span class="indent">with swords in their lips—</span><br /><span class="indent">for “Who,” they think,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew lacks they think">b</a></sup></span> “will hear us?”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, laugh at them;</span><br /><span class="indent">you hold all the nations in derision.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O my Strength, I will watch for you,</span><br /><span class="indent">for you, O God, are my fortress.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My God in his steadfast love<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or The God who shows me steadfast love">c</a></sup></span> will meet me;</span><br /><span class="indent">God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Kill them not, lest my people forget;</span><br /><span class="indent">make them totter<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or wander">d</a></sup></span> by your power and bring them down,</span><br /><span class="indent">O Lord, our shield!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,</span><br /><span class="indent">let them be trapped in their pride.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For the cursing and lies that they utter,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="indent">consume them in wrath;</span><br /><span class="indent">consume them till they are no more,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that they may know that God rules over Jacob</span><br /><span class="indent">to the ends of the earth. <selah>Selah</selah></span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Each evening they come back,</span><br /><span class="indent">howling like dogs</span><br /><span class="indent">and prowling about the city.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">They wander about for food</span><br /><span class="indent">and growl if they do not get their fill.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But I will sing of your strength;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">For you have been to me a fortress</span><br /><span class="indent">and a refuge in the day of my distress.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/59-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,</span><br /><span class="indent">for you, O God, are my fortress,</span><br /><span class="indent">the God who shows me steadfast love.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Probably a musical or liturgical term<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Hebrew lacks <i class="catch-word">they think</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>The God who shows me steadfast love</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>wander</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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