The Assured Judgment of the Wicked
To the Chief Musician. Set to "Do Not Destroy." A Michtam of David 1 Sam. 19:11when Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him.
1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
Defend me from those who rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
And save me from bloodthirsty men.
3 For look, they lie in wait for my life;
Ps. 56:6The mighty gather against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
4 They run and prepare themselves through no fault ofmine.
Ps. 35:23Awake to help me, and behold!
5 You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Awake to punish all the nations;
Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors.
Selah
6 Ps. 59:14At evening they return,
They growl like a dog,
And go all around the city.
7 Indeed, they belch with their mouth;
Ps. 57:4; Prov. 12:18Swords are in their lips;
For theysay,Job 22:13; Ps. 10:11"Who hears?"
8 But Prov. 1:26You, O Lord, shall laugh at them;
You shall have all the nations in derision.
9 I will wait for You, O You his Strength;
(Ps. 62:2)For God is my defense.
10 My God of mercy shall Ps. 21:3come to meet me;
God shall let Ps. 54:7me see mydesire on my enemies.
11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget;
Scatter them by Your power,
And bring them down,
O Lord our shield.
12 Prov. 12:13For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be taken in their pride,
And for the cursing and lying which they speak.
13 Ps. 104:35Consume them in wrath, consume them,
That they may not be;
And Ps. 83:18let them know that God rules in Jacob
To the ends of the earth.
Selah
14 And Ps. 59:6at evening they return,
They growl like a dog,
And go all around the city.
15 They Job 15:23wander up and down for food,
And howl if they are not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of Your power;
Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;
For You have been my defense
And refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 To You, Ps. 18:1O my Strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my defense,
My God of mercy.