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1 For the end. Destroy not; by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
3 For behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me; neither [is it] my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.
4 Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]; awake to help me, and behold.
5 And You, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; do not pity any that work iniquity. Pause.
6 They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.
7 Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [they say], has heard?
8 But You, O Lord, shall laugh them to scorn; You will utterly set at nought all the heathen.
9 I will keep my strength, [looking] to You; for You, O God, are my helper.
10 [As for] my God, His mercy shall go before me; my God will show me [vengeance] on my enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest they forget Your law; scatter them by Your power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender.
12 [For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride.
13 And for [their] cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced; [they shall fall] by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; so shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord to the ends of the earth. Pause.
14 They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
15 They shall be scattered here and there for food; and if they are not satisfied, they shall even murmur.
16 But I will sing to Your strength, and in the morning will I rejoice [in] Your mercy; for You have been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of my affliction.
17 [You are] my helper; to You, my God, shall I sing; You are my supporter, O my God, [and] my mercy.
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