Psalm 59

¹   Deliver me from my enemies, my God.
    Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
² Deliver me from the workers of iniquity.
    Save me from the bloodthirsty men.
³ For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul.
    The mighty gather themselves together against me,
    not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
⁴ I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.
    Rise up, behold, and help me!
⁵ You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel,
    rouse yourself to punish the nations.
    Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
⁶ They return at evening, howling like dogs,
    and prowl around the city.
⁷ Behold, they spew with their mouth.
    Swords are in their lips,
    “For”, they say, “who hears us?”
⁸ But you, Yahweh, laugh at them.
    You scoff at all the nations.
⁹ Oh, my Strength, I watch for you,
    for God is my high tower.
¹⁰ My God will go before me with his loving kindness.
    God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
¹¹ Don’t kill them, or my people may forget.
    Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
¹² For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,
    let them be caught in their pride,
    for the curses and lies which they utter.
¹³ Consume them in wrath.
    Consume them, and they will be no more.
Let them know that God rules in Jacob,
    to the ends of the earth. Selah.
¹⁴ At evening let them return.
    Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.
¹⁵ They shall wander up and down for food,
    and wait all night if they aren’t satisfied.