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[[To him that excelleth.] Destroy not. A Psalm Chapter of David on Michtam. When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him.]
[1]Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. [1]O my God, deliver me from mine enemies: defend me from them that rise up against me.
[2]Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. [2]Deliver me from the wicked doers, and save me from the bloody men.
[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. [3]For lo, they have laid wait for my soul: the mighty men are gathered against me, not for mine offense, nor for my sin, O Lord.
[4]They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. [4]They run and prepare themselves without a fault on my part: arise therefore to assist me, and behold.
[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. [5]Even thou, O Lord God of hosts, O God of Israel awake to visit all the heathen, and be not merciful unto all that transgress maliciously. Selah.
[6]They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. [6]They go to and from in the evening: they bark like dogs, and go about the city.
[7]Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? [7]Behold, they brag in their talk, and swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doth hear?
[8]But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. [8]But thou, O Lord, shalt have them in derision, and thou shalt laugh at all the heathen.
[9]Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. [9]He is strong: but I will wait upon thee: for God is my defense.
[10]The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. [10]My merciful God will prevent me: God will let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
[11]Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. [11]Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them down, O Lord our shield,
[12]For the 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. [12]For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, even for their perjury and lies, that they speak.
[13]Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. [13]Consume them in thy wrath: consume them that they be no more: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob , even unto the ends of the world. Selah.
[14]And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. [14]And in the evening they shall go to and from, and bark like dogs, and go about the city.
[15]Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. [15]They shall run here and there for meat: and surely they shall not be satisfied, though they tarry all night.
[16]But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. [16]But I will sing of thy power, and will praise thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
[17]Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. [17]Unto thee, O my Strength, will I sing: for God is my defense , and my merciful God.
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