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| [1]To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high. |
[1]O my God, deliver me from mine enemies: defend me from them that rise up against me. |
| [2]Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me. |
[2]Deliver me from the wicked doers, and save me from the bloody men. |
| [3]For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah. |
[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]Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see. |
[4]They run and prepare themselves without a fault on my part: arise therefore to assist me, and behold. |
| [5]And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. 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 turn back 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]Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for `Who heareth?' |
[7]Behold, they brag in their talk, and swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doth hear? |
| [8]And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations. |
[8]But thou, O Lord, shalt have them in derision, and thou shalt laugh at all the heathen. |
| [9]O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower -- the God of my kindness. |
[9]He is strong: but I will wait upon thee: for God is my defense. |
| [10]God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on 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, Shake them by Thy strength, 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]The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount. |
[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 in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To 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 they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they 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]They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur. |
[15]They shall run here and there for meat: and surely they shall not be satisfied, though they tarry all night. |
| [16]And I -- I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity. |
[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]O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness! |
[17]Unto thee, O my Strength, will I sing: for God is my defense , and my merciful God. |