Psalms 59 · Verse 4

Psalms 59:4

They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
Psalms 59:4, King James Version

Psalms 59:4 in other translations

BSBFor no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
WEBI have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!
ASVThey run and prepare themselves without my fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.
YLTWithout punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
DARBYThey run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to meet me, and behold.
BBEFor no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves ready; be awake and come to my help, and see.
WebsterThey run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

What does Psalms 59:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 59:4-5
4-5. prepare, &c.--literally, "set themselves as in array." awake--(Compare Psa 3:7; 7:6), appeals to God in His covenant relation to His people (Psa 9:18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 They run and prepare themselves - They leave no stone unturned that they may effect my destruction and prevent the building.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 59:1-7

In these words we hear the voice of David when a prisoner in his own house; the voice of Christ when surrounded by his merciless enemies; the voice of the church when under bondage in the world; and the voice of the Christian when under temptation, affliction, and persecution. And thus earnestly should we pray daily, to be defended and delivered from our spiritual enemies, the temptations of Satan, and the…

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Psalms 59:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּֽלִי\־be.li-notH1097
עָ֭וֹן'A.voniniquityH5771
יְרוּצ֣וּןye.ru.Tzunthey run !H7323
וְיִכּוֹנָ֑נוּve.yi.ko.Na.nuand they may be establishedH3559
ע֖וּרָה'U.rahawake !H5782
לִקְרָאתִ֣יlik.ra.Tito meet meH7122
וּרְאֵה\׃u.re.'ehand seeH7200

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 59:4

  • Psalms 35:23

    Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

  • Proverbs 1:16

    For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  • Psalms 5:6

    Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

  • Acts 23:15

    Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

  • 1 Samuel 19:12-24

    So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. …

  • Psalms 35:19

    Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  • Romans 3:15

    Their feet are swift to shed blood:

  • Psalms 44:23

    Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

  • Isaiah 51:9

    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

  • Isaiah 59:7

    Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
run.
1Sa 19:12-24; Pr 1:16; Isa 59:7; Ac 23:15; Ro 3:15
awake.
5:6; 35:23; 44:23; Isa 51:9
help me. Heb. meet me.

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Context

  • Psalms 59:3

    For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

  • Psalms 59:4

    They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

  • Psalms 59:5

    Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

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Psalms 59:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sin delito mío corren y se aperciben: despierta para venir á mi encuentro, y mira.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car voici, ils ont dressé des embûches contre ma vie, des hommes forts se sont assemblés contre moi, – non pour ma transgression, ni pour mon péché, ô Éternel!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ohne eine Schuld meinerseits laufen und bereiten sie sich; wache auf, mir entgegen, und sieh!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Commovisti terram, et conturbasti eam; sana contritiones ejus, quia commota est.