Mazmur 59:5
Konteks59:5 You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, 1 the God of Israel,
rouse yourself and punish 2 all the nations!
Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)
Mazmur 59:8-11
Konteks59:8 But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them; 3
you taunt 4 all the nations.
59:9 You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! 5
For God is my refuge. 6
59:10 The God who loves me will help me; 7
God will enable me to triumph over 8 my enemies. 9
59:11 Do not strike them dead suddenly,
because then my people might forget the lesson. 10
Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,
O Lord who shields us! 11
Mazmur 59:13
Konteks59:13 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)
[59:5] 1 tn Heb “
[59:5] 2 tn Heb “wake up to punish” (see Pss 35:23; 44:23).
[59:8] 3 sn Laugh in disgust. See Pss 2:4; 37:13.
[59:8] 4 tn Or “scoff at”; or “deride”; or “mock” (see Ps 2:4).
[59:9] 5 tc Heb “his strength, for you I will watch.” “His strength” should be emended to “my strength” (see v. 17). Some also emend אֶשְׁמֹרָה (’eshmorah, “I will watch”) to אֱזַמֵּרָה (’ezammerah, “I will sing praises [to you]”) See v. 17.
[59:9] 6 tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).
[59:10] 7 tn Heb “the God of my [Qere (marginal reading); the Kethib (consonantal text) has “his”] loyal love will meet me.”
[59:10] 8 tn Heb “will cause me to look upon.”
[59:10] 9 tn Heb “those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 56:2.
[59:11] 10 tn Heb “do not kill them, lest my people forget.”
[59:11] 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.
[59:11] 11 tn Heb “make them roam around by your strength and bring them down, O our shield, the Lord.”
