Psalm

59 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;+

From those rising up against me may you protect me.+

 2 Deliver me from the practicers of what is hurtful,+

And from bloodguilty men save me.

 3 For, look! they have lain in wait for my soul;+

Strong ones make an attack upon me,+

For no revolt on my part, nor any sin on my part, O Jehovah.+

 4 Though there is no error, they run and get themselves ready.+

Do rouse yourself at my calling and see.+

 5 And you, O Jehovah God of armies, are the God of Israel.+

Do wake up to turn your attention to all the nations.+

Do not show favor to any hurtful traitors.+ Seʹlah.

 6 They keep returning at evening time;+

They keep barking like a dog+ and go all around the city.+

 7 Look! They make a bubbling forth with their mouth;+

Swords are on their lips,+

For who is listening?+

 8 But you yourself, O Jehovah, will laugh at them;+

You will hold all the nations in derision.+

 9 O my Strength,* toward you I will keep watch;+

For God is my secure height.+

10 The God of loving-kindness* to me* will himself confront me;+

God himself will cause me to look upon my foes.+

11 Do not kill them, that my people may not forget.+

By your vital energy make them wander about,+

And bring them down, O our shield Jehovah,*+

12 [For] the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips;+

And may they be caught in their pride,+

Even for the cursing and the deception that they rehearse.

13 Bring [them] to an end in rage;+

Bring [them] to an end, that they may not be;

And may they know that God is ruling in Jacob to the ends of the earth.+ Seʹlah.

14 And let them return at evening time;

Let them bark like a dog and go all around the city.+

15 Let those very ones wander about for something to eat;+

Let them not be satisfied or stay overnight.+

16 But as for me, I shall sing of your strength,+

And in the morning I shall joyfully tell about your loving-kindness.+

For you have proved to be a secure height for me+

And a place to which to flee in the day of my distress.+

17 O my Strength, to you I will make melody,+

For God is my secure height, the God of loving-kindness to me.+