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- {To the chief Musician.
'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.
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- Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
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- For behold, they lie in wait for my soul;
strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
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- They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to meet me, and behold.
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- Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity.
Selah.
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- They return in the evening;
they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:
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- Behold, they belch out with their mouth;
swords are in their lips: for who [say they] doth hear?
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- But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them;
thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
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- Their strength!
… I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.
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- God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, — God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.
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- Slay them not, lest my people forget;
by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
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- [Because of] the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride;
and because of cursing and lying which they speak.
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- Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more;
that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
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- And in the evening they shall return, they shall howl like a dog, and go round about the city.
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- They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.
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- But as for me, I will sing of thy strength;
yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.
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- Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms;
for God is my high fortress, the God of my mercy.
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