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Psalms 59
Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) 59 compared with Septuagint (LXX2012) 59
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3O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.
3(60) For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction, when he [had] burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab [had] returned and struck [in] the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, you have rejected and destroyed us; you have been angry, yet have pitied us.
4Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.
4You have shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.
5Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.
5You have shown your people hard things: you have made us drink the wine of astonishment.
6Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, that they might flee from the bow. Pause.
6You have given a token to them that fear you, that they might flee from the bow. Pause.
7That thy beloved ones may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
7That your beloved ones may be delivered; save with your right hand, and hear me.
8God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.
8God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.
9Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;
9Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;
10Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.
10Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.
11Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far as Idumea?
11Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far a Idumea?
12Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces?
12Will not you, O God, who have cast us off? and will not you, O God, go forth with our forces?
13Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.
13Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.
14In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nought them that harass us.
14In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nothing them that harass us.