(A)He raises the poor from the dust,
(B)He lifts the needy from the garbage heap
(C)To seat them with nobles,
And He gives them a seat of honor as an inheritance;
(D)For the pillars of the earth are the Lords,
And He set the world on them.

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Prayer for Rescue from Enemies.

For the music director; set to [a]Al-tashheth. A [b]Mikhtam of David, [c]when Saul sent men and they watched the house in order to kill him.

59 (A)Rescue me from my enemies, my God;
[d](B)Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59 Title Lit Do Not Destroy
  2. Psalm 59 Title Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement Psalm
  3. Psalm 59 Title 1 Sam 19:11
  4. Psalm 59:1 Or May You put me in an inaccessibly high place

He (A)raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,
To (B)seat them with noblemen,
With the noblemen of His people.

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