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Psalms 59

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1Rescue me from my enemies, O God. Protect me from those who have come to destroy me. ✦ 2Rescue me from these criminals; save me from these murderers. ✦ 3They have set an ambush for me. Fierce enemies are out there waiting, Lord, though I have not sinned or offended them. ✦ 4I have done nothing wrong, yet they prepare to attack me. Wake up! See what is happening and help me! ✦ 5O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, wake up and punish those hostile nations. Show no mercy to wicked traitors. Interlude ✦ 6They come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets. ✦ 7Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths; their words cut like swords. “After all, who can hear us?” they sneer. ✦ 8But Lord, you laugh at them. You scoff at all the hostile nations. ✦ 9You are my strength; I wait for you to rescue me, for you, O God, are my fortress. ✦ 10In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me. He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies. ✦ 11Don’t kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons; stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees, O Lord our shield. ✦ 12Because of the sinful things they say, because of the evil that is on their lips, let them be captured by their pride, their curses, and their lies. ✦ 13Destroy them in your anger! Wipe them out completely! Then the whole world will know that God reigns in Israel. Interlude ✦ 14My enemies come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets. ✦ 15They scavenge for food but go to sleep unsatisfied. ✦ 16But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. ✦ 17O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love. ✦

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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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  • 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

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