Psalms 59:1–17

^{To the director. “Do not bring to ruin.” Of David. Mik′tam. When Saul sent, and they kept watching the house, to put him to death.}

¹Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
From those rising up against me may you protect me.

²Deliver me from the practicers of what is hurtful,
And from bloodguilty men save me.

³For, look! they have lain in wait for my soul;
Strong ones make an attack upon me,
For no revolt on my part, nor any sin on my part, O Jehovah.

⁴Though there is no error, they run and get themselves ready.
Do rouse yourself at my calling and see.

⁵And you, O Jehovah God of armies, are the God of Israel.
Do wake up to turn your attention to all the nations.
Do not show favor to any hurtful traitors. ​Se′lah.

⁶They keep returning at evening time;
They keep barking like a dog and go all around the city.

⁷Look! They make a bubbling forth with their mouth;
Swords are on their lips,
For who is listening?

⁸But you yourself, O Jehovah, will laugh at them;
You will hold all the nations in derision.

⁹O my Strength, toward you I will keep watch;
For God is my secure height.

¹⁰The God of loving‐kindness to me will himself confront me;
God himself will cause me to look upon my foes.

¹¹Do not kill them, that my people may not forget.
By your vital energy make them wander about,
And bring them down, O our shield Jehovah,
¹²[For] the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips;
And may they be caught in their pride,
Even for the cursing and the deception that they rehearse.

¹³Bring [them] to an end in rage;
Bring [them] to an end, that they may not be;
And may they know that God is ruling in Jacob to the ends of the earth. ​Se′lah.

¹⁴And let them return at evening time;
Let them bark like a dog and go all around the city.

¹⁵Let those very ones wander about for something to eat;
Let them not be satisfied or stay overnight.

¹⁶But as for me, I shall sing of your strength,
And in the morning I shall joyfully tell about your loving‐kindness.
For you have proved to be a secure height for me
And a place to which to flee in the day of my distress.

¹⁷O my Strength, to you I will make melody,
For God is my secure height, the God of loving‐kindness to me.