# Psalm 59 📖: My Fortress and Strength
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
#### 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.
[[#Verse 01.]] Deliver me from my enemies, my God.
Protect me from those who attack me.
[[#Verse 02.]] Deliver me from evildoers.
Rescue me from violent men.
[[#Verse 03.]] For look, they wait to ambush me;
powerful men stalk me,
but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.
[[#Verse 04.]] Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack.
Spring into action and help me. Take notice of me.
[[#Verse 05.]] You, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel,
rouse yourself and punish all the nations.
Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers. (Selah)
[[#Verse 06.]] They return in the evening;
they growl like dogs
and prowl around outside the city.
[[#Verse 07.]] Look, they hurl insults at me
and openly threaten to kill me,
for they say,
“Who hears?”
[[#Verse 08.]] But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them;
you taunt all the nations.
[[#Verse 09.]] You are my source of strength. I will wait for you.
For God is my refuge.
[[#Verse 10.]] The God who loves me will help me;
God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.
[[#Verse 11.]] Do not strike them dead suddenly,
because then my people might forget the lesson.
Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down,
O Lord who shields us.
[[#Verse 12.]] They speak sinful words.
So let them be trapped by their own pride
and by the curses and lies they speak.
[[#Verse 13.]] Angrily wipe them out. Wipe them out so they vanish.
Let them know that God rules
over Jacob and to the ends of the earth. (Selah)
[[#Verse 14.]] They return in the evening;
they growl like dogs
and prowl around outside the city.
[[#Verse 15.]] They wander around looking for something to eat;
they refuse to sleep until they are full.
[[#Verse 16.]] As for me, I will sing about your strength;
I will praise your loyal love in the morning.
For you are my refuge
and my place of shelter when I face trouble.
[[#Verse 17.]] You are my source of strength. I will sing praises to you.
For God is my refuge, the God who loves me.
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. The heading places this psalm when Saul sent men to watch David's house in order to kill him (1 Samuel 19:11).
2. David's wife Michal helped him escape by letting him down through a window (1 Samuel 19:12).
3. It is a *miktam* of David with the tune name "Do not destroy."
4. The enemies are compared to dogs prowling the city at night (59:6, 14).
5. Dogs in ancient Israel were usually scavengers that roamed streets, not household pets.
6. The refrain calling God "my strength" appears in 59:9 and 59:17.
7. David asks God not to kill his enemies right away so that the people will remember God's justice (59:11).
8. *Selah* appears twice (59:5, 13).
9. God is called "the Lord God of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel" (59:5).
10. The psalm contrasts the enemies' howling at night (59:6, 14) with David's singing in the morning (59:16).
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is our fortress when enemies surround us (59:9, 17). Like David trapped in his house, Jesus was hunted by those who wanted to kill Him, yet God delivered Him by raising Him from the dead (Acts 2:23-24).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. David's enemies watched his house to kill him (59:3-4). When have you felt surrounded by trouble with no way out?
2. David repeatedly calls God his strength and his refuge (59:9, 17). What does it look like to wait on God as your strength?
3. David plans to sing of God's love in the morning (59:16). How might starting your day with praise change how you face it?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 1: Deliver me from my enemies, O God, and protect me from those who attack.
- 📖 verse 9: You are my source of strength; I will wait for You, for God is my refuge.
- 📖 verse 16: In the morning David will sing of God's loyal love.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[1 Samuel 19#Verse 11.|1 Samuel 19:11-17]] - Michal helps David escape.
- 🔗 [[Acts 02#Verse 23.|Acts 2:23-24]] - God raised Jesus from the dead.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 18#Verse 01.|Psalm 18:1-2]] - The Lord is my rock and fortress.
- 🔗 [[Lamentations 03#Verse 22.|Lamentations 3:22-23]] - His mercies are new every morning.
- 🔗 [[2 Thessalonians 03#Verse 03.|2 Thessalonians 3:3]] - The Lord will protect you from the evil one.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Psalm 59- SOAP|What To Do When Treated Unfairly]]
## 📂 Internal Notes