The Psalms, starting at chapter 58
Psalm 58
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by
David.
{58:1} Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
{58:2} No, in your heart you plot injustice.
You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
{58:3} The wicked go astray from the womb.
They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
{58:4} Their poison is like the poison of a snake;
like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
{58:5} which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers,
no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
{58:6} Break their teeth, God, in their mouth.
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
{58:7} Let them vanish as water that flows away.
When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
{58:8} Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away,
like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
{58:9} Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns,
he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
{58:10} The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance.
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked;
{58:11} so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for
the righteous.
Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth."
Psalm 59
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by
David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
{59:1} Deliver me from my enemies, my God.
Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
{59:2} Deliver me from the workers of iniquity.
Save me from the bloodthirsty men.
{59:3} For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul.
The mighty gather themselves together against me,
not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD.
{59:4} I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.
Rise up, behold, and help me!
{59:5} You, LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel,
rouse yourself to punish the nations.
Show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
Selah.
{59:6} They return at evening, howling like dogs,
and prowl around the city.
{59:7} Behold, they spew with their mouth.
Swords are in their lips,
"For," they say, "who hears us?"
{59:8} But you, LORD, laugh at them.
You scoff at all the nations.
{59:9} Oh, my Strength, I watch for you,
for God is my high tower.
{59:10} My God will go before me with his loving kindness.
God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
{59:11} Don't kill them, or my people may forget.
Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
{59:12} For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride,
for the curses and lies which they utter.
{59:13} Consume them in wrath.
Consume them, and they will be no more.
Let them know that God rules in Jacob,
to the ends of the earth.
Selah.
{59:14} At evening let them return.
Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.
{59:15} They shall wander up and down for food,
and wait all night if they aren't satisfied.
{59:16} But I will sing of your strength.
Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning.
For you have been my high tower,
a refuge in the day of my distress.
{59:17} To you, my strength, I will sing praises.
For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
Psalm 60
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A
teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with
Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in
the Valley of Salt.
{60:1} God, you have rejected us.
You have broken us down.
You have been angry.
Restore us, again.
{60:2} You have made the land tremble.
You have torn it.
Mend its fractures,
for it quakes.
{60:3} You have shown your people hard things.
You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.
{60:4} You have given a banner to those who fear you,
that it may be displayed because of the truth.
Selah.
{60:5} So that your beloved may be delivered,
save with your right hand, and answer us.
{60:6} God has spoken from his sanctuary:
"I will triumph.
I will divide Shechem,
and measure out the valley of Succoth.
{60:7} Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine.
Ephraim also is the defense of my head.
Judah is my scepter.
{60:8} Moab is my wash basin.
I will throw my shoe on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia."
{60:9} Who will bring me into the strong city?
Who has led me to Edom?
{60:10} Haven't you, God, rejected us?
You don't go out with our armies, God.
{60:11} Give us help against the adversary,
for the help of man is vain.
{60:12} Through God we shall do valiantly,
for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
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