Discovery BoxPsalms 59:11-17
Context59:11 Do not strike them dead suddenly,
because then my people might forget the lesson. 1
Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,
O Lord who shields us! 2
59:12 They speak sinful words. 3
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 4 like a dog
and prowl around outside 5 the city.
59:15 They wander around looking for something to eat;
they refuse to sleep until they are full. 6
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 7
and my place of shelter when I face trouble. 8
59:17 You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! 9
[59:11] 1 tn Heb “do not kill them, lest my people forget.”
[59:11] 2 tn Heb “make them roam around by your strength and bring them down, O our shield, the Lord.”
[59:12] 3 tn Heb “the sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips.”
[59:14] 4 tn Or “howl”; or “bark.”
[59:15] 6 tn Heb “if they are not full, they stay through the night.”
[59:16] 7 tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).
[59:16] 8 tn Heb “and my shelter in the day of my distress.”
[59:17] 9 tn Heb “my strength, to you I will sing praises.”
