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Psalm 58-59
New American Standard Bible 1995

Prayer for the Punishment of the Wicked.

For the choir director; set to [a]Al-tashheth. A [b]Mikhtam of David.

58 Do you indeed [c]speak righteousness, O [d]gods?
Do you (A)judge [e]uprightly, O sons of men?
2 No, in heart you (B)work unrighteousness;
On earth you (C)weigh out the violence of your hands.
3 The wicked are estranged (D)from the womb;
These who speak lies (E)go astray from [f]birth.
4 They have venom like the (F)venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
5 So that it (G)does not hear the voice of [g](H)charmers,
Or a skillful caster of spells.

6 O God, (I)shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.
7 Let them (J)flow away like water that runs off;
When he [h](K)aims his arrows, let them be as [i]headless shafts.
8 Let them be as a snail which [j]melts away as it goes along,
Like the (L)miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun.
9 Before your (M)pots can feel the fire of thorns
He will (N)sweep them away with a whirlwind, the [k]green and the burning alike.

10 The (O)righteous will rejoice when he (P)sees the vengeance;
He will (Q)wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 And men will say, “Surely there is a [l](R)reward for the righteous;
Surely there is a God who (S)judges [m]on earth!”

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies.

For the choir director; set to [n]Al-tashheth. A [o]Mikhtam of David, [p]when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him.

59 (T)Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
[q](U)Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from (V)those who do iniquity
And save me from (W)men of bloodshed.
3 For behold, they (X)have [r]set an ambush for my [s]life;
[t]Fierce men [u](Y)launch an attack against me,
(Z)Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord,
4 [v](AA)For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me.
(AB)Arouse Yourself to [w]help me, and see!
5 You, (AC)O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Awake to [x](AD)punish all the nations;
(AE)Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. [y]Selah.
6 They (AF)return at evening, they howl like a (AG)dog,
And go around the city.
7 Behold, they (AH)belch forth with their mouth;
(AI)Swords are in their lips,
For, they say, “(AJ)Who hears?”
8 But You, O Lord, (AK)laugh at them;
You (AL)scoff at all the nations.

9 Because of [z]his (AM)strength I will watch for You,
For God is my (AN)stronghold.
10 [aa]My God (AO)in His lovingkindness will meet me;
God will let me (AP)look triumphantly upon [ab]my foes.
11 Do not slay them, (AQ)or my people will forget;
[ac](AR)Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord, (AS)our shield.
12 [ad]On account of the (AT)sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be (AU)caught in their pride,
And on account of (AV)curses and [ae]lies which they utter.
13 [af](AW)Destroy them in wrath, [ag]destroy them that they may be no more;
That men may (AX)know that God [ah]rules in Jacob
To the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 They (AY)return at evening, they howl like a dog,
And go around the city.
15 They (AZ)wander about [ai]for food
And [aj]growl if they are not satisfied.

16 But as for me, I shall (BA)sing of Your strength;
Yes, I shall (BB)joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the (BC)morning,
For You have been my (BD)stronghold
And a (BE)refuge in the day of my distress.
17 (BF)O my strength, I will sing praises to You;
For God is my (BG)stronghold, the [ak]God who shows me lovingkindness.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:1 Lit Do Not Destroy
  2. Psalm 58:1 Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
  3. Psalm 58:1 Another reading is speak righteousness in silence
  4. Psalm 58:1 Or mighty ones or judges
  5. Psalm 58:1 Or uprightly the sons of men
  6. Psalm 58:3 Lit the womb
  7. Psalm 58:5 Or whisperers
  8. Psalm 58:7 Lit bends
  9. Psalm 58:7 Lit though they were cut off
  10. Psalm 58:8 I.e. secretes slime
  11. Psalm 58:9 Lit living
  12. Psalm 58:11 Lit fruit
  13. Psalm 58:11 Or in
  14. Psalm 59:1 Lit Do Not Destroy
  15. Psalm 59:1 Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
  16. Psalm 59:1 1 Sam 19:11
  17. Psalm 59:1 Or May You put me in an inaccessibly high place
  18. Psalm 59:3 Or lain in wait
  19. Psalm 59:3 Lit soul
  20. Psalm 59:3 Or Strong
  21. Psalm 59:3 Or stir up strife
  22. Psalm 59:4 Lit Without guilt
  23. Psalm 59:4 Lit meet
  24. Psalm 59:5 Lit visit
  25. Psalm 59:5 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  26. Psalm 59:9 Many mss and some ancient versions read My strength
  27. Psalm 59:10 Many mss and some ancient versions read The God of my lovingkindness
  28. Psalm 59:10 Lit those who lie in wait for me
  29. Psalm 59:11 Or Make them wander
  30. Psalm 59:12 Or The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips,
  31. Psalm 59:12 Lit lying
  32. Psalm 59:13 Lit Bring to an end
  33. Psalm 59:13 Lit Bring to an end
  34. Psalm 59:13 Or is Ruler
  35. Psalm 59:15 Or to devour
  36. Psalm 59:15 Another reading is tarry all night
  37. Psalm 59:17 Lit God of my lovingkindness
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