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Psalm 59:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Psalm 59:1-3
Lexham English Bible
A Prayer for Protection
For the music director, according to Do Not Destroy.
Of David. A miktam.
When Saul dispatched men and they watched the house to kill him.[a]
59 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God.
Protect[b] me from those who rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity,
and from men of bloodshed save me.
3 For look, they lie in wait for my life.[c]
The mighty attack[d] against me,
not because of my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
- Psalm 59:1 The sense is that of making something inaccessibly high, like a fortress
- Psalm 59:3 Hebrew “soul”
- Psalm 59:3 Or “stir up strife”
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