Noyes - Psalms - 59

59:1  Deliver me from my enemies, O my God! Defend me from them that rise up against me!

59:2  Deliver me from the doers of iniquity, And save me from men of blood!

59:3  For, lo! they lie in wait for my life; The mighty are gathered against me, Without any offence or fault of mine, O LORD!

59:4  Without any offence of mine, they run and prepare themselves; Awake to help me, and behold!

59:5  Do thou, O Jehovah, God of hosts, God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations! Show no mercy to any wicked transgressors! [Pause.]

59:6  Let them return at evening, Let them howl like dogs, And go round about the city!

59:7  Behold! with their mouths they belch out malice; Swords are upon their lips; "For who," say they, "will hear?"

59:8  Yet thou, O LORD! wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt hold all the nations in derision!

59:9  O my Strength! to thee will I look! For God is my defence;

59:10  My God will come to meet me with his mercy; God will cause me to look with joy upon my enemies.

59:11  Slay them not, lest my people forget; Scatter them by thy power, and cast them down, O Lord, our shield!

59:12  The word of their lips is the sin of their mouth; Let them be overtaken in their pride, For the curses and the falsehood which they utter!

59:13  Consume them in thy wrath; consume them that they be no more, That they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, Even to the ends of the earth! [Pause.]

59:14  Let them return at evening, Let them howl like dogs, And go round about the city!

59:15  Let them wander about for food, When they have passed the night unsatisfied!

59:16  But I will sing of thy power; Yea, in the morning will I sing aloud of thy mercy; For thou hast been my defence, My refuge in the day of my distress.

59:17  To thee, O my Strength! will I sing! For God is my defence; a God of mercy to me.