Psalms 69:29

69:29 I am oppressed and suffering!

O God, deliver and protect me! ¹ 

Psalms 59:1

Psalm 59 ² 

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; ³  a prayer ⁴  of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. ⁵ 

59:1 Deliver me from my enemies, my God!

Protect me ⁶  from those who attack me! ⁷ 

[69:29]  ¹ tn Heb “your deliverance, O God, may it protect me.”

[59:1]  ² sn Psalm 59. The psalmist calls down judgment on his foreign enemies, whom he compares to ravenous wild dogs.

[59:1]  ³ tn Heb “do not destroy.” Perhaps this refers to a particular style of music, a tune title, or a musical instrument. These words also appear in the superscription to Pss 57-58, 75.

[59:1]  ⁴ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-58, 60 is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”

[59:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “when Saul sent and they watched his house in order to kill him.”

[59:1]  ⁶ tn Or “make me secure”; Heb “set me on high.”

[59:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “from those who raise themselves up [against] me.”