AB - Psalms - 59

59:1  Deliver me from my enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.

59:2  Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

59:3  For behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me; neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.

59:4  Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright; awake to help me, and behold.

59:5  And You, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; do not pity any that work iniquity. Pause.

59:6  They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.

59:7  Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, they say, has heard?

59:8  But You, O Lord, shall laugh them to scorn; You will utterly set at nought all the heathen.

59:9  I will keep my strength, looking to You; for You, O God, are my helper.

59:10  As for my God, His mercy shall go before me; my God will show me vengeance on my enemies.

59:11  Slay them not, lest they forget Your law; scatter them by Your power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.

59:12  For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.

59:13  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 to the ends of the earth. Pause.

59:14  They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.

59:15  They shall be scattered here and there for food; and if they are not satisfied, they shall even murmur.

59:16  But I will sing to Your strength, and in the morning will I rejoice in Your mercy; for You have been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of my affliction.

59:17  You are my helper; to You, my God, shall I sing; You are my supporter, O my God, and my mercy.