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Psalms 59

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Defend me from those who rise up against me. ✦ 2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from bloodthirsty men. ✦ 3For look, they lie in wait for my life; The mighty gather against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord. ✦ 4They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine. Awake to help me, and behold! ✦ 5You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah ✦ 6At evening they return, They growl like a dog, And go all around the city. ✦ 7Indeed, they belch with their mouth; Swords are in their lips; For they say, “Who hears?” ✦ 8But You, O Lord, shall laugh at them; You shall have all the nations in derision. ✦ 9I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense. ✦ 10My God of mercy shall come to meet me; God shall let me see my desire on my enemies. ✦ 11Do not slay them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield. ✦ 12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for the cursing and lying which they speak. ✦ 13Consume them in wrath, consume them, That they may not be; And let them know that God rules in Jacob To the ends of the earth. Selah ✦ 14And at evening they return, They growl like a dog, And go all around the city. ✦ 15They wander up and down for food, And howl if they are not satisfied. ✦ 16But I will sing of Your power; Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning; For You have been my defense And refuge in the day of my trouble. ✦ 17To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises; For God is my defense, My God of mercy. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Where this chapter connects

Ps 59 ·81 Sam 19 ·6Ps 46 ·5Ps 10 ·5Ps 7 ·4Ps 5 ·3Ps 56 ·3Ps 55 ·3

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 59 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 59David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 59Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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