{"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/drb/psalms/59","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T06:53:01.458Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":59,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":58,"nextChapter":60,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto the end, destroy not, for David for an inscription of It title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me: "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us ? "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I will keep my strength to thee: for thou art my protector: "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"my God, his mercy shall prevent me. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my protector: "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of, "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"when they are consumed: when they are consumed by thy wrath, and they shall be no more. And they shall know that God will rule Jacob, and all the ends of the earth. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they be not filled. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and my refuge, in the day of my trouble. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 59 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 59](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/59)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/59 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}