1 D eliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

2 D eliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.

3 F or behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

4 T hey run and prepare themselves without fault: awake to meet me, and behold.

5 Y ea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.

6 T hey return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:

7 B ehold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who doth hear?

8 B ut thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

9 T heir strength! … I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.

10 G od, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me,—God shall let me see upon mine enemies.

11 S lay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

12 t he sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

13 M ake an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

14 A nd in the evening they shall return, they shall howl like a dog, and go round about the city.

15 T hey shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.

16 B ut as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

17 U nto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for God is my high fortress, the God of my mercy.