Because of [a]his (A)strength I will watch for You,
For God is my (B)refuge.
10 [b]My God (C)in His faithfulness will meet me;
God will let me (D)look triumphantly upon my enemies.
11 Do not kill them, (E)or my people will forget;
[c](F)Scatter them by Your power and bring them down,
Lord, (G)our shield.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:9 LXX, some mss and some ancient versions my strength (cf. v 17)
  2. Psalm 59:10 Many mss and some ancient versions The God of my faithfulness
  3. Psalm 59:11 Or Make them wander

You are my strength,(A) I watch for you;
    you, God, are my fortress,(B)
10     my God on whom I can rely.

God will go before me
    and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield,[a](C)
    or my people will forget.(D)
In your might uproot them
    and bring them down.(E)

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  1. Psalm 59:11 Or sovereign