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Psalms 59
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction,
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam (note: Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60.) of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
when he [had] burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab [had] returned and smitten [in] the valley of salt twelve thousand.
Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.
60:1
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam (note: Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60.) of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim (note: That is, Mesopotamia; Aram-naharaim means Aram of the two rivers, likely the region between the Euphrates and Balih Rivers in northwestern Mesopotamia.) and Aram-zobah (note: That is, the land northeast of Damascus), and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.
60:2
You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.
60:3
You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, that they might flee from the bow. Pause.
60:4
You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow (note: Or that it may be displayed because of truth). Selah
That thy beloved ones may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
60:5
Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.
60:6
God has spoken from His sanctuary (note: Or in His holiness): “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;
60:7
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.
60:8
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far as Idumea?
60:9
Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces?
60:10
Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.
60:11
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nought them that harass us.
60:12
With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.