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Psalms 59
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1For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction,
1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
2when he [had] burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab [had] returned and smitten [in] the valley of salt twelve thousand.
2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us.
3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
4Thou hast shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken.
4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
5Thou hast shewn thy people hard things: thou hast made us drink the wine of astonishment.
5Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
6Thou hast given a token to them that fear thee, that they might flee from the bow. Pause.
6They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
7That thy beloved ones may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
8God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents.
8But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
9Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;
9Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
10Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me.
10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far as Idumea?
11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our forces?
12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
13Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.
13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nought them that harass us.
14And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.