Verse 1
Psalms 59:1
Literal Standard Version
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TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN SAUL’S SENDING, AND THEY WATCH THE HOUSE TO PUT HIM TO DEATH. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God (Elohim), || Set me on high from my withstanders.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֣חַ אַל תַּשְׁחֵת֮ לְ/דָוִ֪ד מִ֫כְתָּ֥ם בִּ/שְׁלֹ֥חַ שָׁא֑וּל וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְר֥וּ אֶת הַ֝/בַּ֗יִת לַ/הֲמִיתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
For the conductor: Do not destroy. A song of David, when Saul sent men to watch the house to kill him.
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Chapter 59 Context
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TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN SAUL’S SENDING, AND THEY WATCH THE HOUSE TO...
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Deliver me from workers of iniquity, || And save me from men of blood.
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For behold, they laid wait for my soul, || Strong ones are assembled against me, || Not my transgres...
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Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, || Stir up to meet me, and see.
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And You, YHWH, God (Elohim) of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel, || Awake to inspect all the nations. D...
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They return at evening, || They make a noise like a dog, || And go around the city.
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Behold, they belch out with their mouths, || Swords are in their lips, for “Who hears?”
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And You, O YHWH, laugh at them, || You mock at all the nations.
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O my Strength, to You I take heed, || For God (Elohim) is my tower—the God (Elohim) of my kindness.
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God (Elohim) goes before me, || He causes me to look on my enemies.
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Do not slay them, lest my people forget, || Shake them by Your strength, || And bring them down, O L...
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The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, || And they are captured in their pride, || And they...
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Consume in fury, consume and they are not, || And they know that God (Elohim) is ruling in Jacob, ||...
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And they return at evening, || They make a noise like a dog, || And they go around the city.
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They wander for food, || If they are not satisfied—then they murmur.
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And I sing of Your strength, || And at morning I sing of Your kindness, || For You have been a tower...
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O my Strength, I sing praise to You, || For God (Elohim) is my tower, the God (Elohim) of my kindnes...
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