Psalms 59:1

NETBible

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; 2  a prayer 3  of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. 4  Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me 5  from those who attack me! 6 

NIV ©

For the director of music. \i1 To the tune of "Do Not Destroy". Of David. A miktam. When Saul had sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him.\i0 Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those who rise up against me.

NASB ©

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

NLT ©

Rescue me from my enemies, O God. Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.

MSG ©

My God! Rescue me from my enemies, defend me from these mutineers.

BBE ©

Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

NRSV ©

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me.

NKJV ©

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Defend me from those who rise up against me.

KJV
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Altaschith
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Michtam
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of David
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when Saul
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sent
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and they watched
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the house
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to kill him
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Deliver
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me from mine enemies
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O my God
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defend
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me from them that rise up
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against me. {Altaschith...: or, Destroy not} {Michtam: or, A golden Psalm} {defend...: Heb. set me on high}
NASB ©
For the choir director;
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Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when Saul sent
men
and they watched the house in order to kill him.
Deliver
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; Set
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on high
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away from those who rise
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sthlografian {N-ASF} opote
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ADV
apesteilen
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V-AAI-3S
saoul
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N-PRI
kai
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CONJ
efulaxen
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V-AAI-3S
ton
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T-ASM
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N-ASM
autou
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D-GSM
tou
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T-GSN
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V-AAN
auton
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D-ASM
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me
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N-GPM
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T-NSM
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CONJ
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NET [draft] ITL
For the music director
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; according to the al-tashcheth style
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; a prayer
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of David
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, written when Saul
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sent
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men to surround
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his house
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and murder
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him. Deliver
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me from my enemies
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, my God
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! Protect
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me from those who attack
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me!
HEBREW
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ymmwqtmm
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yhla
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ybyam
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ynlyuh ((2))
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wtymhl
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tybh
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ta
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wrmsyw
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lwas
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xlsb
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Mtkm
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dwdl
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txst
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la
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xunml (59:1)
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NETBible

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; 2  a prayer 3  of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. 4  Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me 5  from those who attack me! 6 

NET Notes

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

2 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.

3 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.”

4 tn Heb “when Saul sent and they watched his house in order to kill him.”

4 sn According to the superscription, David wrote this psalm on the occasion when Saul sent assassins to surround David’s house and kill him in the morning (see 1 Sam 19:11). However, the psalm itself mentions foreign enemies (vv. 5, 8). Perhaps these references reflect a later adaptation of an original Davidic psalm.

5 tn Or “make me secure”; Heb “set me on high.”

6 tn Heb “from those who raise themselves up [against] me.”