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Panalangin Upang Ingatan ng Diyos

Katha(A) ni David upang awitin ng Punong Mang-aawit: ayon sa tono ng “Huwag Mong Sirain”. Isang Miktam,[a] nang pamanmanan ni Saul ang kanyang bahay upang siya'y mapatay.

59 Sa aking kaaway,
    iligtas mo ako, O aking Diyos;
ingatan mo ako kapag sila'y lumusob.
Sa masamang tao,
ako ay iligtas, at sa pumapatay
agawin mo ako at iyong ingatan.

Sila'y nag-aabang,
pagmasdan mo yaong taong mababagsik;
nagtipo't ang layon ako ay iligpit.
Ang dahilan nito,
di dahil sa ako'y may pagkakamali,
o may pagkukulang na ako ang sanhi;
O Diyos, masdan sila at nagdudumali.

Tulungan mo ako,
Yahweh, Makapangyarihang Diyos.
Ikaw ang magmasid, O Diyos ng Israel!
Ikaw ay gumising,
at ang mga bansa'y iyong parusahan;
yaong mga taksil, huwag mong kahabagan. (Selah)[b]
Pagdating ng gabi,
sila'y nagbabalik sa loob ng lunsod;
asong kumakahol ang nakakatulad
habang naglilibot.
Dinggin ang salita't
parang mga tabak ang dila ng bibig!
Ngunit nagtatanong:
“Sa amin ay sino ang makikinig?”

Ngunit ikaw, Yahweh,
tinatawanan mo't iyong kinukutya;
gayon ang gawa mo sa may salang bansa.

Ikaw, Panginoon,
ang aking Diyos, aking kalakasan;
ikaw ang muog ko at aking kanlungan.
10 Ako'y minamahal,
mahal ako ng Diyos, ako'y lalapitan
upang ipamalas ang kanyang paglupig sa mga kaaway.

11 Huwag mong papatayin,
nang di malimutan ng iyong mga lingkod.
Sa taglay mong lakas pangalatin sila at iyong isabog;
ikaw ang sanggalang, Yahweh, aming Diyos.
12 Sa kanilang labi'y
pawang kasamaan ang namumutawi;
sa pagmamataas, ang aking dalangin, sila ay mahuli,
pagkat sinungaling at sa pangungutya, sila'y nawiwili.
13 Wasakin mong lubos,
dahil sa iyong galit, ganap mong wasakin;
dito malalaman
ng lahat, na ika'y hari ng Israel,
at sa sansinukob ikaw ang hari din. (Selah)[c]

14 Pagdating ng gabi,
sila'y nagbabalik sa loob ng lunsod;
asong kumakahol ang nakakatulad
habang naglilibot.
15 Animo'y lagalag,
lakad lang nang lakad, pagkain ang hanap;
hindi masiyahan, kapag ang nakuha nila'y hindi sapat.

16 Ngunit aawit ako,
pagkat ang taglay mo'y pambihirang lakas,
sa tuwing umaga ang aawitin ko'y pag-ibig mong wagas;
pagkat ika'y muog, sa buhay kong ito,
at aking kanlungan kapag lugmok ako.
17 Pupurihin kita,
tagapagtanggol ko at aking kanlungan,
Diyos kong mapagmahal.

Footnotes

  1. Mga Awit 59:1 MIKTAM: Tingnan ang Awit 16.
  2. Mga Awit 59:5 SELAH: Tingnan ang Awit 3:2.
  3. Mga Awit 59:13 SELAH: Tingnan ang Awit 3:2.

The Assured Judgment of the Wicked

To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David (A)when Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him.

59 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
[b]Defend me from those who rise up against me.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
And save me from bloodthirsty men.

For look, they lie in wait for my life;
(B)The mighty gather against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine.

(C)Awake to help me, and behold!
You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Awake to punish all the [c]nations;
Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah

(D)At evening they return,
They growl like a dog,
And go all around the city.
Indeed, they belch with their mouth;
(E)Swords are in their lips;
For they say, (F)“Who hears?”

But (G)You, O Lord, shall laugh at them;
You shall have all the [d]nations in derision.
I will wait for You, O You [e]his Strength;
(H)For God is my [f]defense.
10 [g]My God of mercy shall (I)come to meet me;
God shall let (J)me see my desire on my enemies.

11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget;
Scatter them by Your power,
And bring them down,
O Lord our shield.
12 (K)For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be taken in their pride,
And for the cursing and lying which they speak.
13 (L)Consume them in wrath, consume them,
That they may not be;
And (M)let them know that God rules in Jacob
To the ends of the earth. Selah

14 And (N)at evening they return,
They growl like a dog,
And go all around the city.
15 They (O)wander up and down for food,
And [h]howl if they are not satisfied.

16 But I will sing of Your power;
Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;
For You have been my defense
And refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 To You, (P)O my Strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my defense,
My God of mercy.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:1 Heb. Al Tashcheth
  2. Psalm 59:1 Lit. Set me on high
  3. Psalm 59:5 Gentiles
  4. Psalm 59:8 Gentiles
  5. Psalm 59:9 So with MT, Syr.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg., Vg. my Strength
  6. Psalm 59:9 Lit. fortress
  7. Psalm 59:10 So with Qr.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Vg. My God, His mercy; Kt., some Heb. mss., Tg. O God, my mercy; Syr. O God, Your mercy
  8. Psalm 59:15 So with LXX, Vg.; MT, Syr., Tg. spend the night

Psalm 59[a]

Against Wicked Enemies

For the director.[b] According to “Do not destroy.” A miktam of David. When Saul sent people to watch David’s house in order to kill him.

Rescue me, O my God, from my enemies;
    defend me[c] against those who rise up against me.
Deliver me from those who do evil;
    save me from the violence of the bloodthirsty.
They are lying in wait to take my life;
    the powerful gather together against me.
For no offense or sin of mine, O Lord,
    for no guilt of mine,
    they stand ready to attack me.
Rise up to help me, and look on my plight;
    you, Lord, God of hosts,[d] are the God of Israel.
Rouse yourself and punish all the nations;
    show no mercy to these wicked deceivers. Selah
They return each evening,
    snarling like dogs
    as they prowl through the city.
[e]See what spews from their mouths—
    they spew forth from their lips,
    and they assert, “Who is there to hear us?”
However, you laugh at them, O Lord;
    you show your disdain for all the nations.
10 [f]O my strength, I will keep watch for you,
    for you, O God, are my fortress,
11     O God of mercy.
May God go before me
    and allow me to have my way with my enemies.
12 Do not put them to death,
    lest my people forget.[g]
Scatter them in your power
    and bring them to their knees,
    Lord, our shield.[h]
13 For the sins of their mouths
    and the words of their lips,
    let them be trapped in their pride.
For the curses and lies they speak,
14     put an end to them in your wrath;
    put an end to them until they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
    that God is the ruler over Jacob.[i] Selah
15 [j]They return each evening,
    snarling like dogs
    as they prowl through the city.
16 They roam about searching for food,
    and they growl if they do not have their fill.
17 But I will sing of your strength;
    when morning dawns, I will proclaim your kindness.[k]
For you have been my fortress,
    my refuge in times of trouble.
18 O my Strength, I will sing your praises,
    for you, O God, are my fortress,
    the God who shows me love.[l]

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:1 The most realistic situation for this psalm is as follows: a believer, a Jewish group, or the whole people is exposed to persecution; it comes from forces that wish to impose paganism on the exiles or perhaps on Jerusalem itself. Like raging dogs that prowl the night in the cities of the East in search of prey, evil-intentioned persons attack the innocent victim with slander and curses, seeking to destroy his reputation and ultimately his life. The description is ferocious and the imprecation vehement and vengeful; but God will not tolerate lying and perfidy without end; the Almighty One cannot let himself be mocked, for his honor is at stake (v. 14).
    We can pray this psalm to God and to Christ inserting our own name in all our temporal struggles, and even more in the bitter spiritual struggles we must constantly wage against our powerful spiritual enemies.
  2. Psalm 59:1 For the director: these words are thought to be a musical or liturgical notation. According to “Do not destroy”: see note on Ps 57:1. Miktam: see note on Ps 16:1. The superscription imagines that the occasion for this psalm was the narrative in 1 Sam 19:11-17. Some believe it might have been when Jerusalem was under siege as at the time of Hezekiah (see 2 Ki 18:19), while others point to the time of Nehemiah (see Neh 4).
  3. Psalm 59:2 Defend me: literally, “lift me to a high, safe place.”
  4. Psalm 59:6 Lord, God of hosts: an expression used first in 1 Sam 1:3 to designate the Lord as the sovereign over all powers in the universe—the God of all armies, both the heavenly army (see Ps 68:17; Deut 33:2; Jos 5:14; Hab 3:8) and the army of Israel (see 1 Sam 17:45). See also note on Ps 24:10. God of Israel . . . punish all the nations: seems to indicate an attack on Israel by the nations.
  5. Psalm 59:8 The wicked curse God as if he cannot see and hear and will not respond. But God laughs at them (see Pss 2:4; 37:13) and listens until the day of reckoning when the curses will fall back in judgment on the wicked themselves.
  6. Psalm 59:10 The psalmist asks God to put his foes to death, so that his people may not be seduced by them and so that the people will remember this particular saving act longer than they have remembered others (see Pss 78:11; 106:13).
  7. Psalm 59:12 Another translation possible is: “O God, put them to death, / so that they may not seduce my people.”
  8. Psalm 59:12 O Lord, our shield: just as the king was regarded as the people’s shield in ancient Israel (see Ps 84:10), so the Lord was called the Shield of his people (see Pss 7:11; 84:12; 89:19; 91:4; 115:9-11; Deut 33:29; Prov 30:5). Accordingly, the psalmist invokes this attribute of the Lord at this point.
  9. Psalm 59:14 God’s punishment of the nations will show that God, the King of Israel (see Ps 24:1, 6; Isa 41:21ff; 63:19), is also the Master of the universe (see Pss 46:11f; 83:19).
  10. Psalm 59:15 The wicked wreak havoc like a pack of dogs, snarling and howling as they prowl about the city. The godly take courage in hearing of God’s laughter (v. 9) and the assurance of his love (vv. 10-11). For the Lord is their strength and their fortress, who will deliver them from all their enemies and whom they will praise.
  11. Psalm 59:17 After the night of danger (vv. 7, 15), the psalmist will sing to God on the morning of deliverance (see notes on Ps 57; 57:9). Kindness: see note on Ps 6:5.
  12. Psalm 59:18 The psalmist vows to offer ritual praise for his deliverance (see note on Ps 7:18).