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59:1  For the music director, according to Do Not Destroy. Of David. A miktam. When Saul dispatched men and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God. Protect me from those who rise up against me.
59:2  Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and from men of bloodshed save me.
59:3  For look, they lie in wait for my life. The mighty attack against me, not because of my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.
59:4  Without guilt on my part they run and ready themselves. Awake to meet me and see.
59:5  And you, Yahweh, God of hosts, are the God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah
59:6  They return at evening; they howl like dogs while they prowl the city.
59:7  Look, they pour out talk with their mouth. Swords are on their lips, for they say, “Who hears?”
59:8  But you, O Yahweh, will laugh at them; you will mock all the nations.
59:9  O my strength, I will watch for you, because you, O God, are my (high) stronghold.
59:10  My God of loyal love will meet me; God will cause me to look in triumph on my enemies.
59:11  Do not kill them, lest my people forget. Make them to wander by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
59:12  By the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, even in their pride, let them be trapped, and for the curses and lies they proclaim.
59:13  Destroy in anger; destroy so they are no more, so that they may know that God is ruling in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah
59:14  They return at evening; they howl like dogs while they prowl the city.
59:15  As for them, they wander for food. If they are not satisfied, then they continue all night.
59:16  But as for me, I will sing of your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my high stronghold and a refuge in my time of trouble.
59:17  O my strength, to you I will give praise, because God is my high stronghold, my God of loyal love.