Psalm 59
Common English Bible
Psalm 59
For the music leader. Do not destroy. A miktam[a] of David, when Saul sent men to watch the house in order to kill him.
59 Oh, my God, deliver me from my enemies;
put me out of reach from those who rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from evildoers;
save me from the bloodthirsty.
3 Look at how they lie in ambush for my life!
Powerful people are attacking me, Lord—
but not because of any error or sin of mine.
4 They run and take their stand—
but not because of any fault of mine.
Get up when I cry out to you!
Look at what’s happening!
5 You are the Lord God of heavenly forces,
the God of Israel!
Wake up and punish all the nations!
Grant no mercy to any wicked traitor! Selah
6 They come back every evening,
growling like dogs,
prowling around the city.
7 See what they belch out with their mouths:
swords are between their lips!
Who can listen to them?[b]
8 But you, Lord, laugh at them.
You mock all the nations.
9 I keep looking for you, my strength,
because God is my stronghold.
10 My loving God will come to meet me.
God will allow me to look down on my enemies.
11 Don’t kill them, or my people might forget;
instead, by your power
shake them up and bring them down,
you who are our shield and my Lord.
12 For the sin of their mouths,
the words that they speak,
let them be captured in their pride.
For the curses and lies they repeat,
13 finish them off in anger;
finish them off until they are gone!
Then let it be known to the ends of the earth
that God rules over Jacob. Selah
14 They come back every evening,
growling like dogs,
prowling around the city.
15 They roam about for food,
and if they don’t get their fill,
they stay all night.
16 But me? I will sing of your strength!
In the morning I will shout out loud
about your faithful love
because you have been my stronghold,
my shelter when I was distraught.
17 I will sing praises to you, my strength,
because God is my stronghold,
my loving God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:1 Perhaps inscription
- Psalm 59:7 Heb uncertain
詩篇 59
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
祈求上帝佑護
大衛作的詩，交給樂長，調用「休要毀壞」。當時掃羅派人去監視大衛的家，要殺害大衛。
59 我的上帝啊，
求你救我脫離仇敵，
保護我免遭其害。
2 求你救我脫離作惡之徒，
脫離嗜血成性之人。
3 看啊，他們要暗害我。
耶和華啊，我並未犯罪作惡，
兇殘的人卻攻擊我。
4 我沒有過錯，
他們卻準備攻擊我。
求你起來幫助我，
顧念我的困境。
5 萬軍之耶和華，以色列的上帝啊，
求你起來懲罰列國，
不要姑息奸詐的惡人。（細拉）
6 他們夜晚回來，
嚎叫如狗，在城中遊蕩。
7 他們出口傷人，舌如利劍，
還說：「誰聽得見？」
8 但你耶和華必嗤笑他們，
嘲諷列國。
9 上帝啊，
你是我的力量，我的堡壘，
我仰望你。
10 我的上帝愛我，
祂會幫助我，
讓我欣然看見仇敵遭報。
11 保護我們的主啊，
求你不要殺掉他們，
免得我的百姓忘記教訓。
求你用你的能力驅散他們，
使他們淪為卑賤。
12 他們的嘴巴充滿罪惡，
口中盡是咒詛和謊言，
願他們陷在狂傲中不能自拔。
13 求你發烈怒毀滅他們，
徹底剷除他們，
使普天下都知道上帝在雅各家掌權。（細拉）
14 他們夜晚回來，
嚎叫如狗，在城中遊蕩，
15 四處覓食，
吃不飽就狂吠不止。
16 但我要歌頌你的能力，
在清晨頌揚你的慈愛，
因為你是我的堡壘，
是我患難時的避難所。
17 上帝啊，你是我的力量，
我要頌讚你，
你是我的堡壘，
是愛我的上帝。
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