Psalm 59

To the chief Musician, ||*Al-taschith, Michtam of David; †when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.

1  aDeliver me from mine enemies, O my God:

†Defend me from abthem that rise up against me.

2  Deliver me from bbthe workers of iniquity,

And save me from cbloody men.

3  For, lo, they dlie in wait for my soul:

The mighty eare gathered against me;

fNot for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

4  They run and prepare themselves fwithout my fault:

gAwake †to help me, and behold.

5  Thou therefore, hO Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,

gAwake to visit all the heathen:

Be not merciful to any wicked itransgressors. Selah.

6  jThey return at evening:

They make a noise like a dog,

And go round about the city.

7  Behold, they kbelch out with their mouth:

lSwords are in their lips:

For mwho, say they, doth hear?

8  But thou, O Lord, nshalt laugh at them;

Thou shalt nhave all the heathen in derision.

9  Because of his strength will I wait upon thee:

For God is †my defence.

10  The God of my mercy shall oprevent me:

God shall let me psee my desire upon †mine enemies.

11  Slay them not, lest my people forget:

qScatter them by thy power;

And rbring them down, O Lord sour shield.

12  For tthe sin of their mouth and the words of their lips

Let them even be taken in their pride:

And for cursing and lying which they speak.

13  Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be:

And ulet them know that God ruleth in Jacob

Unto xthe ends of the earth. Selah.

14  And yat evening let them return;

And let them make a noise like a dog,

And go round about the city.

15  Let them zwander up and down †for meat,

||And agrudge if they be not satisfied.

16  But I will sing of thy power;

Yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning:

For thou hast been my bdefence

And crefuge in the day dof my trouble.

17  Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing:

For God is my bdefence, and ethe God of my mercy.