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[1]Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.
[2]Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
[3]For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.
[4]Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: awake to help me, and behold.
[5]And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.
[6]They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
[7]Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard?
[8]But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen.
[9]will keep my strength, looking to thee; for thou, O God, art my helper.
[10]As for my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will shew me vengeance on mine enemies.
[11]Slay them not, lest they forget thy law; scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.
[12]For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.
[13]And for their cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: they shall fall by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; so shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. Pause.
[14]They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
[15]They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
[16]But I will sing to thy strength, and in the morning will I exult in thy mercy; for thou hast been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of mine affliction.
[17]Thou art my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing; thou art my supporter, O my God, and my mercy.
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