Text -- Psalms 59:12-17 (NET)

59:12 They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak! 59:13 Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah) 59:14 They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city. 59:15 They wander around looking for something to eat; they refuse to sleep until they are full. 59:16 As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble. 59:17 You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 59:12

¹ tn Heb “the sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips.”

NET Notes: Psa 59:14

¹ tn Or “howl”; or “bark.”

² tn Heb “go around.”

NET Notes: Psa 59:15

¹ tn Heb “if they are not full, they stay through the night.”

NET Notes: Psa 59:16

¹ tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

² tn Heb “and my shelter in the day of my distress.”

NET Notes: Psa 59:17

¹ tn Heb “my strength, to you I will sing praises.”

² tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).

³ tn Heb “the God of my loyal love.”