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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]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. |
| [2]Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me. |
[2]Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me. |
| [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 laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah. |
| [4]Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see. |
[4]Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see. |
| [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]And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah. |
| [6]They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city. |
[6]They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city. |
| [7]Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for `Who heareth?' |
[7]Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for `Who heareth?' |
| [8]And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations. |
[8]And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations. |
| [9]O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower -- the God of my kindness. |
[9]O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower -- the God of my kindness. |
| [10]God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies. |
[10]God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on 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, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring 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]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. |
| [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 in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah. |
| [14]And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city. |
[14]And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city. |
| [15]They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur. |
[15]They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur. |
| [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]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. |
| [17]O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness! |
[17]O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness! |