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59:1  Deliver me from my enemies, my God. You set me high above those who rise up against me.
59:2  Deliver me from evildoers. Save me from bloodthirsty men.
59:3  Yes, look how they lie in ambush to take my life! Strong men gather against me, but it is not because I have rebelled, not because I have sinned, O Lord.
59:4  I am not guilty, yet they run to take up their positions against me. Rise up to meet me and see!
59:5  You, O Lord, God of Armies, the God of Israel, wake up and confront all the nations. Interlude Do not show mercy to all the wicked traitors.
59:6  They return at evening. They growl like dogs. They prowl around the city.
59:7  Look, they gush from their mouths. Their lips are swords, so they say, “Who hears?”
59:8  But you laugh at them, Lord. You scoff at all those nations.
59:9  O my Strength, I watch for you, because God is my high fortress.
59:10  My merciful God will go ahead of me. God will make me look down on those who slander me.
59:11  Do not kill them, or my people may forget. In your might make them wander about. Bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
59:12  The sin of their mouth is the words of their lips, so let them be caught in their pride, because of the curses and lies they proclaim.
59:13  Consume them in wrath. Consume them till they are no more. Then they will know to the ends of the earth Interlude that God rules over Jacob.
59:14  They return at evening. They growl like dogs. They prowl around the city.
59:15  They wander about for food. If not satisfied, they howl.
59:16  But I will sing about your strength. In the morning I will shout about your mercy, because you are a high fortress for me, a refuge in the day of my distress.
59:17  O my Strength, to you I make music, because God is my high fortress, my merciful God.