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Psalm 59:1, NLT

Psalm 59

A Plea for Escape from Ambush

For the choir director: A psalm*59: title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term. of David, regarding the time Saul sent soldiers to watch David’s house in order to kill him. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

1Rescue me from my enemies, O God.

Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.