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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.