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Psalm 59:9-11
New English Translation
Psalm 59:9-11
New English Translation
9 You are my source of strength. I will wait for you.[a]
For God is my refuge.[b]
10 The God who loves me will help me;[c]
God will enable me to triumph over[d] my enemies.[e]
11 Do not strike them dead suddenly,
because then my people might forget the lesson.[f]
Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,
O Lord who shields us.[g]
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:9 tc Heb “his strength, for you I will watch.” “His strength” should be emended to “my strength” (see v. 17). Some also emend אֶשְׁמֹרָה (ʾeshmorah, “I will watch”) to אֱזַמֵּרָה (ʾezammerah, “I will sing praises [to you]”) See v. 17.
- Psalm 59:9 tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).
- Psalm 59:10 tn Heb “the God of my [Qere (marginal reading); the Kethib (consonantal text) has “his”] loyal love will meet me.”
- Psalm 59:10 tn Heb “will cause me to look upon.”
- Psalm 59:10 tn Heb “those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 56:2.
- Psalm 59:11 tn Heb “do not kill them, lest my people forget.”sn My people might forget the lesson. Swift, sudden destruction might be quickly forgotten. The psalmist wants God’s judgment to be prolonged so that it might be a continual reminder of divine justice.
- Psalm 59:11 tn Heb “make them roam around by your strength and bring them down, O our shield, the Lord.”
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