King James VersionPsalms59

Psalms

1 De­liv­er me from mine en­e­mies, O my God: de­fend me from them that rise up against me.
2 De­liv­er me from the work­ers of in­iq­ui­ty, and save me from bloody men.
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gath­ered against me; not for my trans­gres­sion, nor for my sin, O LORD.
4 They run and pre­pare them­selves with­out my fault: awake to help me, and be­hold.
5 Thou there­fore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Is­rael, awake to vis­it all the hea­then: be not mer­ci­ful to any wicked trans­gres­sors. Se­lah.
6 They re­turn at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
7 Be­hold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the hea­then in de­ri­sion.
9 Be­cause of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my de­fence.
10 The God of my mer­cy shall pre­vent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine en­e­mies.
11 Slay them not, lest my peo­ple for­get: scat­ter them by thy pow­er; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be tak­en in their pride: and for curs­ing and ly­ing which they speak.
13 Con­sume them in wrath, con­sume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Ja­cob unto the ends of the earth. Se­lah.
14 And at evening let them re­turn; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
15 Let them wan­der up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not sat­is­fied.
16 But I will sing of thy pow­er; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mer­cy in the morn­ing: for thou hast been my de­fence and refuge in the day of my trou­ble.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my de­fence, and the God of my mer­cy.