Psalm 59

Deliver Me from My Enemies

1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;[#Ps. 143:9; Ps. 18:48]

protect me from those who rise up against me;

2deliver me from those who work evil,[#Ps. 94:4]

and save me from bloodthirsty men.

3For behold, they lie in wait for my life;[#Ps. 10:9]

fierce men stir up strife against me.

For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord ,

4for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.

Awake, come to meet me, and see!

5You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.[#Ps. 80:4; 84:8]

Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;

spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah

6Each evening they come back,[#Ps. 22:16]

howling like dogs

and prowling about the city.

7There they are, bellowing with their mouths[#Prov. 15:2, 28; Ps. 94:4]

with swords in their lips—

for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”

8But you, O Lord , laugh at them;[#Ps. 2:4]

you hold all the nations in derision.

9O my Strength, I will watch for you,

for you, O God, are my fortress.

10My God in his steadfast love will meet me;[#17; #59:10 Or The God who shows me steadfast love; #Ps. 21:3]

God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.

11Kill them not, lest my people forget;

make them totter by your power and bring them down,

O Lord, our shield!

12For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,[#Prov. 12:13]

let them be trapped in their pride.

For the cursing and lies that they utter,

13consume them in wrath;[#Ps. 7:9]

consume them till they are no more,

that they may know that God rules over Jacob

to the ends of the earth. Selah

14Each evening they come back,[#Ps. 22:16]

howling like dogs

and prowling about the city.

15They wander about for food[#Ps. 109:10; Job 15:23]

and growl if they do not get their fill.

16But I will sing of your strength;

I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.

For you have been to me a fortress

and a refuge in the day of my distress.

17O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,

for you, O God, are my fortress,

the God who shows me steadfast love.

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