Psalms 59:2-3

59:2 Deliver me from evildoers! ¹ 

Rescue me from violent men! ² 

59:3 For look, they wait to ambush me; ³ 

powerful men stalk ⁴  me,

but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. ⁵ 

[59:2]  ¹ tn Heb “from the workers of wickedness.”

[59:2]  ² tn Heb “from men of bloodshed.”

[59:3]  ³ tn Heb “my life.”

[59:3]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 56:8.

[59:3]  ⁵ sn The point is that the psalmist’s enemies have no justifiable reason for attacking him. He has neither rebelled or sinned against the Lord.