Discovery BoxPsalms 59:9 
Context59:9 You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! 1
For God is my refuge. 2
Psalms 59:16-17
Context59:16 As for me, I will sing about your strength;
I will praise your loyal love in the morning.
For you are my refuge 3
and my place of shelter when I face trouble. 4
59:17 You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! 5
1 tc Heb “his strength, for you I will watch.” “His strength” should be emended to “my strength” (see v. 17). Some also emend אֶשְׁמֹרָה (’eshmorah, “I will watch”) to אֱזַמֵּרָה (’ezammerah, “I will sing praises [to you]”) See v. 17.
2 tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).
3 tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).
4 tn Heb “and my shelter in the day of my distress.”
5 tn Heb “my strength, to you I will sing praises.”
6 tn Or “my elevated place” (see Ps 18:2).
7 tn Heb “the God of my loyal love.”
