1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God:

Defend me from them that rise up against me.

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.

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.

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.