1 To the Overseer. — ‘Destroy not,’ by David. — A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high. YLT — Psalm 59:1
2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me. YLT — Psalm 59:2
3 For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah. YLT — Psalm 59:3
4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see. YLT — Psalm 59:4
5 And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah. YLT — Psalm 59:5
6 They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city. YLT — Psalm 59:6
7 Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for ‘Who heareth?’ YLT — Psalm 59:7
8 And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations. YLT — Psalm 59:8
9 O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower — the God of my kindness. YLT — Psalm 59:9
10 God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies. YLT — Psalm 59:10
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield. YLT — Psalm 59:11
12 The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount. YLT — Psalm 59:12
13 Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah. YLT — Psalm 59:13
14 And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city. YLT — Psalm 59:14
15 They — they wander for food, If they are not satisfied — then they murmur. YLT — Psalm 59:15
16 And I — I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity. YLT — Psalm 59:16
17 O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness! YLT — Psalm 59:17