{"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/web/psalms/59","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:58:11.423Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":59,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":58,"nextChapter":60,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, |For,| they say, |who hears us?|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"At evening let them return. Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They shall wander up and down for food, and wait all night if they aren't satisfied."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. 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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 59 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 59](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/59)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/59 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}