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When Saul sent agents to watch the house and kill him.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.title"><span class="xrfAlphabet">†</span></a></h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>Rescue me from my enemies, my God;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">protect me from those who rise up against me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Rescue me from evildoers,</p><p class="poem">and save me from men of bloodshed.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Because look, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, they set an ambush for me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Powerful men attack me,</p><p class="poem">but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For no fault of mine,</p><p class="poem">they run and take up a position.</p><p class="poem">Awake to help me, and take notice.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> God of Armies, you are the God of Israel.</p><p class="poem">Rise up to punish all the nations;</p><p class="poem">do not show favor to any wicked traitors.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They return at evening, snarling like dogs</p><p class="poem">and prowling around the city.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Look, they spew from their mouths —</p><p class="poem">sharp words from<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.59.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> their lips.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">“For who,” they say, “will hear? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But you laugh at them, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>;</p><p class="poem">you ridicule all the nations.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I will keep watch for you, my<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.59.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> strength,</p><p class="poem">because God is my stronghold.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My faithful God<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.59.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> will come to meet me;</p><p class="poem">God will let me look down on my adversaries.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget.</p><p class="poem">By your power, make them homeless wanderers<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and bring them down,</p><p class="poem">Lord, our shield.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,</p><p class="poem">let them be caught in their pride.</p><p class="poem">They utter curses and lies.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Consume them in fury;</p><p class="poem">consume them until they are gone.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Then people will know throughout<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.59.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the earth</p><p class="poem">that God rules over Jacob.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And they return at evening, snarling like dogs</p><p class="poem">and prowling around the city.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They scavenge for food;</p><p class="poem">they growl if they are not satisfied.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But I will sing of your strength</p><p class="poem">and will joyfully proclaim</p><p class="poem">your faithful love in the morning.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">For you have been a stronghold for me,</p><p class="poem">a refuge in my day of trouble.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.16.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.59.17" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/59-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>To you, my strength, I sing praises,</p><p class="poem">because God is my stronghold —</p><p class="poem">my faithful God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.59.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.59" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.59.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.7">59:7</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">swords are on</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.59.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.9">59:9</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg, Tg; other Hb mss read <span class="italic">his</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.59.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.10">59:10</a></span> Alt Hb tradition reads <span class="italic">My God in his faithful love</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.59.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.13">59:13</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">know to the ends of</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.59" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.title"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#csb-Psalms.59">59:title</a></span> 1Sm 19:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.1">59:1</a></span> Ps 143:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.1">59:1</a></span> 2Sm 22:18; Ps 18:17; 91:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.2">59:2</a></span> Ps 5:6; 17:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.3">59:3</a></span> Pr 1:11,18</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.3">59:3</a></span> 1Sm 20:1; 24:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.4">59:4</a></span> Ps 7:3–4; 69:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.5">59:5</a></span> Jr 18:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.6">59:6</a></span> Ps 22:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.7">59:7</a></span> Ps 52:2; 57:4; 64:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.7">59:7</a></span> Ps 73:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.8">59:8</a></span> Ps 2:4; 37:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.9">59:9</a></span> Ps 28:8; Jr 16:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.10">59:10</a></span> Ps 54:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.11">59:11</a></span> Hs 9:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.11">59:11</a></span> Gn 15:1; Dt 33:29; 2Sm 22:3,31; Ps 3:3; 5:12; 18:2; 28:7; 119:114</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.12">59:12</a></span> Ps 10:7; Pr 12:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.13">59:13</a></span> Ps 104:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.13">59:13</a></span> Ps 83:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.14">59:14</a></span> Ps 22:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.15">59:15</a></span> Jb 15:23; Ps 109:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.16">59:16</a></span> Ps 5:3; 88:13; 92:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.16.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.16">59:16</a></span> Is 25:4; Nah 1:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.59.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.59.17">59:17</a></span> Ps 28:8; 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