Psalm 59
The Message
59 1-2 My God! Rescue me from my enemies,
defend me from these mutineers.
Rescue me from their dirty tricks,
save me from their hit men.
3-4 Desperadoes have ganged up on me,
they’re hiding in ambush for me.
I did nothing to deserve this, God,
crossed no one, wronged no one.
All the same, they’re after me,
determined to get me.
4-5 Wake up and see for yourself! You’re God,
God-of-Angel-Armies, Israel’s God!
Get on the job and take care of these pagans,
don’t be soft on these hard cases.
6-7 They return when the sun goes down,
They howl like coyotes, ringing the city.
Then suddenly they’re all at the gate,
Snarling invective, drawn daggers in their teeth.
They think they’ll never get caught.
8-10 But you, God, break out laughing;
you treat the godless nations like jokes.
Strong God, I’m watching you do it,
I can always count on you.
God in dependable love shows up on time,
shows me my enemies in ruin.
11-13 Don’t make quick work of them, God,
lest my people forget.
Bring them down in slow motion,
take them apart piece by piece.
Let all their mean-mouthed arrogance
catch up with them,
Catch them out and bring them down
—every muttered curse
—every barefaced lie.
Finish them off in fine style!
Finish them off for good!
Then all the world will see
that God rules well in Jacob,
everywhere that God’s in charge.
14-15 They return when the sun goes down,
They howl like coyotes, ringing the city.
They scavenge for bones,
And bite the hand that feeds them.
16-17 And me? I’m singing your prowess,
shouting at dawn your largesse,
For you’ve been a safe place for me,
a good place to hide.
Strong God, I’m watching you do it,
I can always count on you—
God, my dependable love.
Psaltaren 59
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Bön mot fienders försåt
59 (A) För körledaren, "Fördärva inte". En sång av David när Saul sände män för att bevaka huset och döda honom[a].
2 Rädda mig, min Gud,
från mina fiender,
beskydda mig
från mina motståndare!
3 Rädda mig från förbrytarna,
fräls mig från de blodtörstiga!
4 (B) Se hur de lurar på min själ,
mäktiga män gaddar ihop sig
mot mig
utan att jag har begått
brott eller synd, Herre.
5 (C) Jag är utan skuld,
men de rusar fram
och gör sig redo.
Vakna, kom till mig och se!
6 Herre Gud Sebaot, du Israels Gud,
vakna och ställ alla folk till svars,
skona inga trolösa förrädare!
Sela
7 De kommer tillbaka mot kvällen,
de morrar som hundar
och stryker runt i staden.
8 (D) Se vad de spyr ut med sina munnar.
De har svärd på sina läppar
och tänker: "Vem hör oss?"
9 (E) Men du, Herre, ler åt dem.
Du gör narr av alla hedningar.
10 (F) Du min styrka,
jag vill hålla mig till dig,
för du, Gud, är min borg.
11 (G) Min Gud möter mig med sin nåd,
Gud låter mig se
mina förföljares fall.
12 (H) Döda dem inte,
då kan mitt folk glömma det.
Skingra dem med din kraft,
störta dem, Herre,
du vår sköld!
13 Varje ord på deras läppar
är en synd i deras mun.
Låt dem fångas i sitt högmod
av den förbannelse och lögn
som de talar.
14 Förgör dem i vrede,
förgör dem så att de inte
finns mer!
Låt dem veta att Gud härskar
i Jakob och till jordens
yttersta ändar. Sela
15 De kommer tillbaka mot kvällen,
de morrar som hundar
och stryker runt i staden.
16 (I) De strövar omkring efter föda,
blir de inte mätta så gnyr de[b].
17 (J) Men jag ska sjunga om din makt
och jubla var morgon
över din nåd,
för du är en borg för mig,
en tillflykt när jag är i nöd.
18 Du min styrka,
jag vill lovsjunga dig,
för Gud är min borg,
min nådige Gud.
Footnotes
- 59:1 när Saul sände män för att bevaka huset och döda honom Se 1 Sam 19:11f.
- 59:16 gnyr de Annan översättning: "stannar de över natten".
Psalm 59
1599 Geneva Bible
59 1 David being in great danger of Saul, who sent to slay him in his bed, prayeth unto God, 3 Declaring his innocency, and their fury, 5 Desiring God to destroy all those that sin of malicious wickedness. 11 Whom though he keep alive for a time to exercise his people, yet in the end he will consume them in his wrath, 13 That he may be known to be the God of Jacob to the end of the world. 16 For this he singeth praises to God assured of his mercies.
To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalm of David, on [a]Michtam. (A)When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him.
1 O my God, [b]deliver me from mine enemies; defend me from them that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the wicked doers, and save me from the bloody men.
3 For lo, they have laid wait for my soul; the mighty men are gathered against me, not for mine [c]offense, nor for my sin, O Lord.
4 They run and prepare themselves without a fault on my part: arise therefore to assist me, and behold.
5 Even thou, O Lord God of hosts, O God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen, and be not [d]merciful unto all that transgress maliciously. Selah.
6 They go to and fro in the evening: they bark like [e]dogs, and go about the city.
7 Behold, they [f]brag in their talk, and swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
8 But thou, O Lord, shalt have them in derision, and thou shalt laugh at all the heathen.
9 [g]He is strong: but I will wait upon thee: for God is my defense.
10 My merciful God will [h]prevent me: God will let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11 Slay them [i]not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them down, O Lord, our shield,
12 For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be [j]taken in their pride, even for their perjury and lies, that they speak.
13 [k]Consume them in thy wrath: consume them that they be no more: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, even unto the ends of the world. Selah.
14 And in the evening they [l]shall go to and fro, and bark like dogs, and go about the city.
15 They shall run here and there for meat, and surely they shall not be satisfied, though they tarry all night.
16 But I will sing of thy [m]power, and will praise thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 Unto thee, O my [n]Strength will I sing: for God is my defense, and my merciful God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:1 Read Ps. 16.
- Psalm 59:1 Though his enemies were even at hand to destroy him, yet he assureth himself that God had ways now in hand to deliver him.
- Psalm 59:3 For I am innocent to themwards, and have not offended them.
- Psalm 59:5 Seeing it appertaineth to God’s judgments to punish the wicked, he desiresth God to execute his vengeance on the reprobate, who maliciously persecute his Church.
- Psalm 59:6 He compareth their cruelty to hungry dogs, showing that they are never weary in doing evil.
- Psalm 59:7 They boast openly in their wicked devices, and every word is as a sword: for they neither fear God nor are ashamed of men.
- Psalm 59:9 Though Saul have never so great power, yet I know that thou dost bridle him: therefore will I patiently hope on thee.
- Psalm 59:10 He will not fail to succor me when need requireth.
- Psalm 59:11 Altogether, but by little and little, that the people seeing oftentimes thy judgments, may be mindful of thee.
- Psalm 59:12 That in their misery and shame they may be as glasses and examples of God’s vengeance.
- Psalm 59:13 When thy time shall come, and when they have sufficiently served for an example of thy vengeance unto others.
- Psalm 59:14 He mocketh at their vain enterprises, being assured that they shall not bring their purpose to pass.
- Psalm 59:16 Which didst use the policy of a weak woman to confound the enemy’s strength, as 1 Sam. 19:12.
- Psalm 59:17 Confessing himself to be void of all virtue and strength, he attributeth the whole to God.
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