1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; / Set me on high, secure from those who rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, / And save me from men of bloodshed.
3 For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; / The strong gather themselves against me. / Not because of any transgression of mine nor because of any sin of mine, O Jehovah,
4 Not for any fault of mine, they run and ready themselves; / Awake to meet me, and see.
5 Indeed You, O Jehovah, God of hosts, God of Israel, / Arise to punish all the nations; / Have no mercy upon any who treacherously commit iniquity. Selah
6 They return in the evening; / They growl like a dog / And go around the city.
7 Behold, they belch forth with their mouth; / Swords are in their lips; / For, Who, they say, hears?
8 But You, O Jehovah, laugh at them; / You have all the nations in derision.
9 O my strength, I will watch for You; / For God is my high retreat.
10 My God in His lovingkindness will meet me; / God will let me look triumphantly upon those who lie in wait for me.
11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget; / Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, / O Lord our shield.
12 For the sin of their mouth, / For the word of their lips, / Let them even be taken in their arrogance, / And because of the cursing and the lying that they speak.
13 Consume them in wrath; consume them so that they are no more; / And men will know that God rules in Jacob / Unto the ends of the earth. Selah
14 They return in the evening; / They growl like a dog / And go around the city.
15 They wander about for food; / And if they are not filled, they linger.
16 But I will sing of Your strength; / And I will joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning. / For You have been my high retreat / And a refuge in the day of my distress.
17 O my strength, unto You I will sing psalms, / For God is my high retreat, / My God of lovingkindness.
— Psalm 59 | Recovery Version (REC)
The Recovery Version of the Holy Bible © 2009 Living Stream Ministry. All rights reserved.
Cross References: Genesis 32:11; Exodus 14:30; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 4:30; Deuteronomy 6:12; 1 Samuel 19:11; 1 Samuel 24:11; 2 Samuel 22:3; 2 Kings 18:35; Job 15:23; Job 22:13; Psalm 2:4; Psalm 7:3-4; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 9:5; Psalm 9:9; Psalm 10:7; Psalm 18:1-2; Psalm 21:1; Psalm 21:3; Psalm 22:16; Psalm 26:9; Psalm 28:3; Psalm 35:19; Psalm 69:6; Psalm 74:11; Psalm 83:18; Psalm 109:10; Proverbs 1:26; Zephaniah 3:11
