PSALM 58
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] "Do Not Destroy." A record of memorable thoughts of David.
David describes the nature of the wicked Psalm 58.1-11
Do you indeed in silence speak righteousness, O you mighty ones? [Or is the righteousness, rightness, and justice you should speak quite dumb?] Do you judge fairly and uprightly, O you sons of men?
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No, in your heart you devise wickedness; you deal out in the land the violence of your hands.3
The ungodly are perverse and estranged form the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.4
Their poison is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf adder or asp that stops its ear,5
which listens not to the voice of charmers or of the enchanter never casting spells so cunningly.6
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths; break out the fans of the young lions, O Lord.7
Let them melt away as water which runs on apace; when he aims his arrows, let them be as if they were headless or split apart.8
Let them be as a snail dissolving slime as it passes on or as a festering sore which wastes away, like [the child to which] a woman gives untimely birth that has not seen the sun.9
Before your pots can feel the thorns [that are placed under them for fuel], He will take them away as with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.10
The [unyieldingly] righteous shall rejoice when he sees vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.11
Men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the [uncompromisingly] righteous; surely there is a God Who judges on the earth."
PSALM 59
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] "Do Not Destroy." Of David, a record of memorable thoughts
when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.
David prays to be delivered from his enemies Psalm 59.1-17
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend and protect me from those who rise up against me.
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Deliver me from and lift me above those who work evil and save me from bloodthirsty men.3
For, behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce and mighty men are banding together against me, not for my transgression nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.4
They run and prepare themselves, though there is no fault in me.Rouse Yourself [O Lord] to meet and help me, and see!
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You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations; spare none and be not merciful to any who treacherously plot evil.Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
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They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs, and go [prowling] about the city.7
Behold, they belch out [insults] with their mouths; swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips, for who, they think, hears us?8
But You, O Lord, will laugh as them [in scorn]; You will hold all the nations in derision.9
O my Strength, I will watch and give heed to You and sing praises; for God is my Defense (my Protector and High Tower).10
My God in His mercy and steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look [triumphantly] on my enemies (those who lie in wait for me).11
Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and make them wander to and fro, and bring them down, O Lord our Shield!12
For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them even be trapped and taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they utter.13
Consume them in wrath, consume them so that they shall be no more; and let them know unto the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob (Israel).Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
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And at evening let them return; let them howl and snarl like dogs, and go prowling about the city.15
Let them wander up and down for food and tarry all night if they are not satisfied (not getting their fill).16
But I will sing of Your mighty strength and power; yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning; for You have been to me a defence (a fortress and a high tower) and a refuge in the day of my distress.17
Unto You, O my Strength, I will sing praises; for God is my Defense, my Fortress, and High Tower, the God Who shows me mercy and steadfast love.
PSALM 60
To the Chief Musician; [set to the tune of] "The Lily of the Testimony."
A poem of David intended to record memorable thoughts and to teach; when he had striven with the Arameans of Mesopotamia and the Arameans of Zobah, and when Joab returned and smote twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
David prays for deliverance, comforting himself in God's promises Psalm 60.1-12
O God, you have rejected us and cast us off, broken down [our defenses], and scattered us; You have been angry - O restore us and turn Yourself to us again!
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You have made the land to quake and tremble, You have rent it [open]; repair its breaches, for it shakes and totters.3
You have made Your people suffer hard things; You have given us to drink wine that makes us reel and be dazed.4
[But now] You have set up a banner for those who fear and worshipfully revere You [to which they may flee from the bow], a standard displayed because of the truth.Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
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That You beloved ones may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us [or me].6
God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]: I will rejoice, I will divide and portion out [the land] Shechem and the Valley of Succoth [west to east].7
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My helmet (the defense of My head); Judah is My scepter and My lawgiver.8
Moab is My washpot [reduced to vilest servitude]; upon Edom I cast My shoe in triumph; over Philistia I raise the shout of victory.9
Who will bring me [David] into the strong city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom?10
Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies?11
O give us help against the adversary, for vain (ineffectual and to no purpose) is the help of salvation of man.12
Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries.