Psalms 59:1

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.

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 19:11-24 : 11 Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: And Michol Dauids wyfe tolde it him, saying: If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne. 12 And so Michol let Dauid downe through a windowe: and he went and fled, and was saued. 13 And Michol toke an image, and layde it in the bed, & put a pillowe stuffed with goates heere vnder the head of it, and couered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to fetche Dauid, she said, he is sicke. 15 And Saul sent the messengers againe to see Dauid, saying: Bring him to me bed and all, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold there lay an image in the bed, with a pillowe of goates heere vnder the head of it. 17 And Saul sayde vnto Michol: Why hast thou mocked me so, and sent away mine enemie, that he is escaped? Michol aunswered Saul: For he sayd vnto me, let me go, or els I will kill thee. 18 And so Dauid fled, and escaped, & came to Samuel to Rama, and tolde him all that Saul had done to him: And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 19 And one tolde Saul, saying: Beholde, Dauid is at Naioth in Rama. 20 And Saul sent messengers to fet Dauid: And when they sawe a company of prophetes prophecying, & Samuel standing as appoynted ouer them, the spirite of God fell vpon the messengers of Saul, and they prophecied to. 21 And when it was tolde Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophecied lykewyse. And Saul sent messengers yet againe the third time, and they prophecied also. 22 Then went he him selfe to Rama, and came to a great well that is in Sechu, and he asked and sayde: Where are Samuel & Dauid? And one sayd: Beholde, they be at Naioth in Rama. 23 And he went thyther euen to Naioth in Rama, and the spirite of God came vpon him also, and he went prophecying vntill he came to Naioth in Rama. 24 And he stript of his clothes & prophecied before Samuel in lyke maner, and fell naked al that day and all that night: And therof it is that they say, Is Saul also among the prophetes?
• Ps 18:48 : 48 It is he that is the aucthour of my deliuerie from myne enemies: and he hath set me vp aboue them that rose agaynst me, he hath ridde me from the wicked man.
• Ps 57:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition (to be song lyke vnto the song beginning) destroy not, a golden psalme of Dauid, when he fled from Saul into the caue. Be mercifull vnto me O Lorde, be mercifull vnto me: for my soule trusteth in thee, and vnder the shadowe of thy wynges wyll I trust, vntyll this tiranny be ouerpast.
• Ps 58:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition, destroy not, a golden psalme of Dauid. O ye that consult together, pronounce ye truely the thing that is iust? O ye sonnes of men iudge you according to equitie?
• Ps 71:4 : 4 Delyuer me O my Lorde out of the hande of the vngodly: out of the hande of the vnryghteous and cruell man.
• Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he hath set greatly his loue vpon me, therfore wyll I deliuer hym: I wyll set hym vp out of all daunger, because he hath knowen my name.
• Ps 143:9 : 9 Delyuer me O God from myne enemies: I hyde my selfe with thee.
• Ps 143:12 : 12 And of thy goodnesse thou wylt restrayne myne enemies: and destroy all them that be aduersaries to my soule, for I am thy seruaunt.
• Isa 33:16 : 16 He it is that shall dwell on hye, whose safegarde shalbe in a bulwarke of rockes: to hym shalbe geuen meate, and his waters shall not fayle.
• Luke 1:74-75 : 74 That we, beyng deliuered out of the handes of our enemies, might serue him without feare, 75 All the dayes of our life, in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym.
• 2 Cor 11:32-33 : 32 In the citie of Damascus, Aretas the kynges gouernour of the people, layde watche in the citie of the Damascens, and woulde haue caught me: 33 And at a wyndowe was I let downe in a basket through the wall, and scaped his handes.
• 2 Tim 4:17-18 : 17 Notwithstandyng, the Lorde assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preachyng should be fulfylled to the vtmost, and that all the gentiles should heare, and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lion. 18 And the Lorde shall delyuer me from euery euyll worke, & will preserue me vnto his heauenly kingdome: To who be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.
• Ps 20:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. God heare thee in the day of trouble: the name of the Lorde of Iacob defende thee.
• Ps 7:1-2 : 1 Siggaion of Dauid, whiche he song vnto God in the busines of Chus, the sonne of Iemini. O God my Lord, in thee I haue put my trust: saue me from all them that do persecute me, and deliuer thou me. 2 Lest he like a Lion seasoneth on my soule: teareth it in peeces, hauyng no rescue.
• Ps 12:5 : 5 For the calamities of the oppressed, for the deepe sighyng of the poore, I wyll nowe vp sayeth God: and I wyll put in safetie, hym whom the wicked hath snared.
• Judg 16:2-3 : 2 And it was tolde the Azathites, saying: Samson is come hyther. And they went about, and layde a wayte for hym there all nyght in the gate of the citie, and were styll all the nyght, saying: In the mornyng whan it is day, we shall kyll hym. 3 And Samson toke his rest tyll mydnyght, and arose at mydnyght, and toke the doores of the gate of the citie, and the two postes, and rent them of with the barre and all, and put them vppon his shoulders, and caryed them vp to the top of an hyll, that is before Hebron.