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¹ Deliver me from my enemies, O my God.
Protect^[b] me from those who rise up against me.
² Deliver me from workers of iniquity,
and from men of bloodshed save me.
³ For look, they lie in wait for my life.^[c]
The mighty attack^[d] against me,
not because of my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.
⁴ Without guilt on my part they run and ready themselves.
Awake to meet me and see.
⁵ And you, Yahweh, God of hosts, are the God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations.
Do not be gracious to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah
⁶ They return at evening; they howl like dogs^[e]
while they prowl the city.
⁷ Look, they pour out talk with their mouth.
Swords are on their lips,
for they say, "Who hears?"
⁸ But you, O Yahweh, will laugh at them;
you will mock all the nations.
⁹ O my strength,^[f] I will watch for you,
because you, O God, are my (high) stronghold.
¹⁰ My^[g] God of loyal love will meet me;
God will cause me to look in triumph on my enemies.
¹¹ Do not kill them, lest my people forget.
Make them to wander by your power,
and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
¹² By the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
even in their pride, let them be trapped,
and for the curses^[h] and lies^[i] they proclaim.
¹³ Destroy in anger; destroy so they are no more,
so that they may know that God is ruling in Jacob
to the ends of the earth. Selah
¹⁴ They return at evening; they howl like dogs^[j]
while they prowl the city.
¹⁵ As for them, they wander for food.
If they are not satisfied, then they continue all night.^[k]
16 But as for me, I will sing of your strength,
and I will hail your loyal love in the morning,
because you have been my high stronghold
and a refuge in my time^[l] of trouble.
¹⁷ O my strength, to you I will give praise,
because God is my high stronghold,
my God of loyal love.