Psalms 59:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵת֮ לְדָוִ֢ד מִ֫כְתָּ֥ם בִּשְׁלֹ֥חַ שָׁא֑וּל וַֽיִּשְׁמְר֥וּ אֶת־הַ֝בַּ֗יִת לַהֲמִיתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

To the mənaṣṣēaḥ ʾal-tašḥēt to dāwid miktām when šəlōaḥ šāʾûl and they yišmərû ʾet the bayit to hămîtô.

Grammar Details

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: preposition lə- + participle, masculine singular - to the director/choirmaster
• *ʾal-tašḥēt*: negative particle + Hiphil jussive, 2nd singular - do not destroy
• *dāwid*: proper noun with preposition lə- - to/for David
• *miktām*: masculine noun - inscription/psalm/musical term
• *šəlōaḥ*: infinitive construct with preposition bə- - when sending
• *šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
• *yišmərû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd plural with waw consecutive - and they watched/guarded
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *bayit*: definite noun with article ha- - the house
• *hămîtô*: Hiphil infinitive construct with preposition lə- and 3rd masculine singular suffix - to kill him

Word Meanings

• *mənaṣṣēaḥ*: director/choirmaster/musical term
• *miktām*: inscription/psalm/golden poem (uncertain meaning)
• *ʾal-tašḥēt*: do not destroy/musical instruction/title of melody

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the director: Do not destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch the house to kill him.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Altaschith{H8686)}, Michtam of David; when Saul sent{H8800)}, and they watched{H8799)} the house to kill him{H8687)}. Deliver{H8685)} me from mine enemies{H8802)}, O my God: defend{H8762)} me from them that rise up{H8693)} against me.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Delyuer me fro myne enemies (o my God) & defende me fro the yt ryse vp agaynst me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of Dauid on Michtam. When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him. O my God, deliuer mee from mine enemies: defend me fro them that rise vp against me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To the chiefe musition, destroy not, a golden psalme of Dauid, when Saul sent, and they did watch the house to kill him. Deliuer me from myne enemies O Lorde: defende me fro them that rise vp against me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  > Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him]. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  <To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.> Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 19:11-24 : 11 Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning; and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed. 12 So Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for its head, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him. 16 And when the messengers came in, behold, there was the household idol in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for its head. 17 And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy, so that he has escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you? 18 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth. 19 And it was told to Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. 21 And when it was told to Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. 22 Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And someone said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in the same manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
• Ps 18:48 : 48 He delivers me from my enemies: yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
• Ps 57:1 : 1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in you; yes, in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.
• Ps 58:1 : 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? Do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men?
• Ps 71:4 : 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
• Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
• Ps 143:9 : 9 Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies: I flee to You to hide me.
• Ps 143:12 : 12 And in Your mercy, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul; for I am Your servant.
• Isa 33:16 : 16 He will dwell on high; his place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; bread will be given to him; his water will be sure.
• Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
• 2 Cor 11:32-33 : 32 In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; 33 But I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.
• 2 Tim 4:17-18 : 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be fully preached through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered from the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Ps 20:1 : 1 The LORD hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you;
• Ps 7:1-2 : 1 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me: 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
• Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.
• Judg 16:2-3 : 2 And the people of Gaza were told, "Samson is here." So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They stayed quiet all night, saying, "In the morning, at daylight, we will kill him." 3 But Samson lay there until midnight, and at midnight he arose, and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two posts, and pulled them up, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.