Psalm 59

Revised Geneva Translation

59 O, my God, deliver me from my enemies. Defend me from those who rise up against me.

² Deliver me from the wicked doers; and save me from the bloody men.

³ For lo, they have laid in wait for my soul. The mighty men have gathered against me, not for my offense, nor for my sin, O LORD.

⁴ Without fault on my part, they run and prepare themselves against me. Arise to assist me; and behold!

⁵ You, O LORD God of Hosts, O God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen. Do not be merciful to all who transgress maliciously. Selah.

⁶ They go to and fro in the evening. They bark like dogs and go about the city.

⁷ Behold, they brag in their talk, with swords in their lips (“For who hears?” they say).

⁸ But You, O LORD, shall hold them in derision. You shall laugh at all the heathen.

⁹ He is strong. I will wait upon You. For God is my Defense.

¹⁰ My merciful God will go before me. God will let me see my desire upon my enemies.

¹¹ Do not kill them, lest my people forget it. But scatter them by Your power; and put them down, O LORD, our shield,

¹² for the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips. And let them be taken in their pride, for their perjury and lies they speak.

¹³ Consume them in Your wrath. Consume them, so that they are no more; and let them know that God rules in Jacob unto the ends of the world. Selah.

¹⁴ And in the evening, they shall go to and fro and bark like dogs and go about the city.

¹⁵ They shall run here and there for food. Surely, they shall not be satisfied though they stay all night.

¹⁶ But I will sing of Your power and will praise Your mercy in the morning. For You have been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.

¹⁷ To You, O my Strength, I will sing. For God is my Defense, my merciful God. To him who excels upon Shushan Eduth, or Michtam: A Psalm of David, to teach, when he fought against Aram Naharaim, and against Aram Zobah; when Joab returned and slew twelve thousand Edomites in the salt valley