Psalms 59

¹Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God:

²Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,

³For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul;

⁴They run and prepare themselves without my fault:

⁵Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel,

⁶They return at evening, they howl like a dog,

⁷Behold, they belch out with their mouth;

⁸But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them;

⁹Because of his strength I will give heed unto thee;

¹⁰My God with his lovingkindness will meet me:

¹¹Slay them not, lest my people forget:

¹²For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips,

¹³Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more:

¹⁴And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog,

¹⁵They shall wander up and down for food,

¹⁶But I will sing of thy strength;

¹⁷Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: