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Chapter 59 |
| 1 | Deliver me
from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
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| 2 | Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody
men. |
| 3 |
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered
against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. |
| 4 | They
run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and
behold. |
| 5 |
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake
to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors.
Selah. |
| 6 |
They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go
round about the city. |
| 7 | Behold, they belch out with their mouth:
swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? |
| 8 | But thou, O
LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
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| 9 | Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my
defence. |
| 10
| The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me
see my desire upon mine enemies. |
| 11 | Slay them not, lest my people
forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our
shield. |
| 12
| For 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. |
| 13
| Consume 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. |
| 14
| And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise
like a dog, and go round about the city. |
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15 | Let them wander up and
down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. |
| 16 | But I will
sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou
hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. |
| 17 | Unto
thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my
mercy. |
