Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies
A Hab. 3:1Meditation of David, which he sang to the Lord2 Sam. 16concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite.
1 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;
Ps. 31:15Save me from all those who persecute me;
And deliver me,
2 Ps. 57:4; Is. 38:13Lest they tear me like a lion,
Ps. 50:22Rending me in pieces, while thereis none to deliver.
3 O Lord my God, 2 Sam. 16:7if I have done this:
If there is 1 Sam. 24:11iniquity in my hands,
4 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me,
Or 1 Sam. 24:7; 26:9have plundered my enemy without cause,
5 Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
Yes, let him trample my life to the earth,
And lay my honor in the dust.
Selah
6 Arise, O Lord, in Your anger;
Ps. 94:2Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies;
Ps. 35:23; 44:23Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded!
7 So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You;
For their sakes, therefore, return on high.
8 The Lord shall judge the peoples;
Ps. 26:1; 35:24; 43:1Judge me, O Lord, Ps. 18:20; 35:24according to my righteousness,
And according to my integrity within me.
9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,
But establish the just;
(1 Sam. 16:7)For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
10 My defense is of God,
Who saves the Ps. 97:10, 11; 125:4upright in heart.
11 God is a just judge,
And God is angry withthewicked every day.
12 If he does not turn back,
He will Deut. 32:41sharpen His sword;
He bends His bow and makes it ready.
13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.
14 Job 15:35; Is. 59:4; (James 1:15)Behold, thewicked brings forth iniquity;
Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit and dug it out,
(Job 4:8); Ps. 57:6And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 Esth. 9:25; Ps. 140:9His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.
17 I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness,
And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.