NASB Bible Footnotes

Psalms 59

Ps. 59:1

a: Lit Do Not Destroy

b: Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm

c: 1 Sam 19:11

Ps. 59:1

a: Ps 143:9

b: Ps 20:1; 69:29

1: Or May You put me in an inaccessibly high place

Ps. 59:2

a: Ps 28:3; 36:12; 53:4; 92:7; 94:16

b: Ps 26:9; 139:19; Prov 29:10

Ps. 59:3

a: Ps 56:6

a: Ps 56:6

b: 1 Sam 24:11; Ps 7:3, 4; 69:4

1: Or lain in wait

2: Lit soul

3: Or Strong

4: Or stir up strife

Ps. 59:4

a: Ps 35:19

b: Ps 7:6; 35:23

1: Lit Without guilt

2: Lit meet

Ps. 59:5

a: Ps 69:6; 80:4; 84:8

b: Ps 9:5; Is 26:14

c: Is 2:9; Jer 18:23

1: Lit visit

2: Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude

Ps. 59:6

a: Ps 59:14

b: Ps 22:16

Ps. 59:7

a: Ps 94:4; Prov 15:2, 28

b: Ps 57:4; Prov 12:18

c: Job 22:13; Ps 10:11; 73:11; 94:7

Ps. 59:8

a: Ps 37:13; Prov 1:26

b: Ps 2:4

Ps. 59:9

a: Ps 18:17

b: Ps 9:9; 62:2

1: Many mss and some ancient versions read My strength

Ps. 59:10

a: Ps 21:3

b: Ps 54:7

1: Many mss and some ancient versions read The God of my lovingkindness

2: Lit those who lie in wait for me

Ps. 59:11

a: Deut 4:9; 6:12

b: Ps 106:27; 144:6; Is 33:3

c: Ps 84:9

1: Or Make them wander

Ps. 59:12

a: Prov 12:13

b: Zeph 3:11

c: Ps 10:7

1: Or The sin of their mouth is the word of their lips,

2: Lit lying

Ps. 59:13

a: Ps 104:35

b: Ps 83:18

1: Lit Bring to an end

1: Lit Bring to an end

2: Or is Ruler

Ps. 59:14

a: Ps 59:6

Ps. 59:15

a: Job 15:23

1: Or to devour

2: Another reading is tarry all night

Ps. 59:16

a: Ps 21:13

b: Ps 101:1

c: Ps 5:3; 88:13

d: Ps 59:9

e: 2 Sam 22:3; Ps 46:1

Ps. 59:17

a: Ps 59:9

b: Ps 59:10

1: Lit God of my lovingkindness



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