{"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/ylt/psalms/59","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:40:18.376Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":59,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":58,"nextChapter":60,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not,' by David. — A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords are in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God is my tower — the God of my kindness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They — they wander for food, If they are not satisfied — then they murmur."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And I — I sing of Thy strength, And I sing at morn of Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God is my tower, the God of my kindness!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 59 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 59](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/59)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/59 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}