{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/59","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:21:32.953Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":59,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":58,"nextChapter":60,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to meet me, and behold."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Their strength! ... I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And in the evening they shall return, they shall howl like a dog, and go round about the city."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for God is my high fortress, the God of my mercy."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 59 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 59](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/59)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/59 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}