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59:1  Save me from my enemies, my God; protect me from those who attack me!
59:2  Save me from those evil people; rescue me from those murderers!
59:3  Look! They are waiting to kill me; cruel people are gathering against me. It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done,
59:4  nor because of any fault of mine, O Lord, that they hurry to their places.
59:5  Rise, Lord God Almighty, and come to my aid; see for yourself, God of Israel! Wake up and punish the heathen; show no mercy to evil traitors!
59:6  They come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city.
59:7  Listen to their insults and threats. Their tongues are like swords in their mouths, yet they think that no one hears them.
59:8  But you laugh at them, Lord; you mock all the heathen.
59:9  I have confidence in your strength; you are my refuge, O God.
59:10  My God loves me and will come to me; he will let me see my enemies defeated.
59:11  Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your strength and defeat them, O Lord, our protector.
59:12  Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful; may they be caught in their pride! Because they curse and lie,
59:13  destroy them in your anger; destroy them completely. Then everyone will know that God rules in Israel, that his rule extends over all the earth.
59:14  My enemies come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city,
59:15  like dogs roaming about for food and growling if they do not find enough.
59:16  But I will sing about your strength; every morning I will sing aloud of your constant love. You have been a refuge for me, a shelter in my time of trouble.
59:17  I will praise you, my defender. My refuge is God, the God who loves me.