Psalms 59

PSALM 59.

2when he set fire to Mesopotamia of Syria and Sobal and Joab returned and slew of Edom, in the vale of the saltpits, twelve thousand men.[#2 Kings 8.]

3O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.

4Thou hast moved the earth, and hast troubled it: heal thou the breaches thereof, for it has been moved.

5Thou hast shewn thy people hard things; thou hast made us drink wine of sorrow.

6Thou hast given a warning to them that fear thee: that they may flee from before the bow: That thy beloved may be delivered.

7Save me with thy right hand, and hear me.

8God hath spoken in his holy place: I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem; and will mete out the vale of tabernacles.

9Galaad is mine, and Manasses is mine: and Ephraim is the strength of my head. Juda is my king:

10Moab is the pot of my hope. Into Edom will I stretch out my shoe: to me the foreigners are made subject.

11Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

12Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies?

13Give us help from trouble: for vain is the salvation of man.

14Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing them that afflict us.

An historical text. In 1955 the Douay-Rheims Challoner Bible received the Imprimatur ✠ of the English Catholic Church from the Archbishop of Westminster.
Published by: British & Foreign Bible Society