SOTD Psalm 59 & 60

Psalm 59

Deliver Me from My Enemies

To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam^[y] of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.

¹ Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
protect me from those who rise up against me;
²deliver me from those who work evil,
and save me from bloodthirsty men.

³For behold, they lie in wait for my life;
fierce men stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, O LORD,
⁴for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
Awake, come to meet me, and see!
⁵You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil.
Selah

⁶Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
⁷There they are, bellowing with their mouths
with swords in their lips—
for “Who,” they think,^[z] “will hear us?”

⁸But you, O LORD, laugh at them;
you hold all the nations in derision.
⁹O my Strength, I will watch for you,
for you, O God, are my fortress.
¹⁰ My God in his steadfast love^[aa] will meet me;
God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.

¹¹Kill them not, lest my people forget;
make them totter^[ab] by your power and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield!
¹²For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
¹³ consume them in wrath;
consume them till they are no more,
that they may know that God rules over Jacob
to the ends of the earth.
Selah

¹⁴ Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
¹⁵They wander about for food
and growl if they do not get their fill.

¹⁶But I will sing of your strength;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me a fortress
and a refuge in the day of my distress.
¹⁷O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,
for you, O God, are my fortress,
the God who shows me steadfast love.

Psalm 60

He Will Tread Down Our Foes

To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam^[ac] of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

¹O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses;
you have been angry; oh, restore us.
²You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;
repair its breaches, for it totters.
³ You have made your people see hard things;
you have given us wine to drink that made us stagger.

⁴You have set up a banner for those who fear you,
that they may flee to it from the bow.^[ad]
Selah

⁵ That your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer us!

⁶God has spoken in his holiness:^[ae]
“With exultation I will divide up Shechem
and portion out the Vale of Succoth.
⁷ Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.
⁸ Moab is my washbasin;
upon Edom I cast my shoe;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”^[af]

⁹Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
¹⁰Have you not rejected us, O God?
You do not go forth, O God, with our armies.
¹¹Oh, grant us help against the foe,
for vain is the salvation of man!
¹²With God we shall do valiantly;
it is he who will tread down our foes.