Mazmur 59:4

59:4 Though I have done nothing wrong, ¹  they are anxious to attack. ² 

Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me! ³ 

Mazmur 59:8

59:8 But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them; ⁴ 

you taunt ⁵  all the nations.

Mazmur 59:13

59:13 Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish!

Let them know that God rules

in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)

[59:4]  ¹ tn Heb “without sin.”

[59:4]  ² tn Heb “they run and they are determined.”

[59:4]  ³ tn Heb “arise to meet me and see.” The Hebrew verb קָרָא (qara’, “to meet; to encounter”) here carries the nuance of “to help.”

[59:8]  ⁴ sn Laugh in disgust. See Pss 2:4; 37:13.

[59:8]  ⁵ tn Or “scoff at”; or “deride”; or “mock” (see Ps 2:4).