Psalm 59:3-5
Easy-to-Read Version
3 Look, powerful men are waiting for me.
Lord, they are waiting to kill me,
even though I did not sin or commit a crime.
4 I have done nothing wrong, but they are rushing to attack me.
Come and see for yourself!
5 You are the Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Israel!
Get up and punish them.
Don’t show any mercy to those traitors. Selah
Psalm 59:3-5
New International Version
3 See how they lie in wait for me!
Fierce men conspire(A) against me
for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.
4 I have done no wrong,(B) yet they are ready to attack me.(C)
Arise to help me; look on my plight!(D)
5 You, Lord God Almighty,
you who are the God of Israel,(E)
rouse yourself(F) to punish all the nations;(G)
show no mercy to wicked traitors.[a](H)
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 13.
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