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[[To him that excelleth.] Destroy not. A Psalm Chapter of David on Michtam. When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him.]
[1] O my God, deliver me from mine enemies: defend me from them that rise up against me.
[2] Deliver me from the wicked doers, and save me from the bloody men.
[3] For lo, they have laid wait for my soul: the mighty men are gathered against me, not for mine offense, nor for my sin, O Lord.
[4] They run and prepare themselves without a fault on my part: arise therefore to assist me, and behold.
[5] Even thou, O Lord God of hosts, O God of Israel awake to visit all the heathen, and be not merciful unto all that transgress maliciously. Selah.
[6] They go to and from in the evening: they bark like dogs, and go about the city.
[7] Behold, they brag in their talk, and swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doth hear?
[8] But thou, O Lord, shalt have them in derision, and thou shalt laugh at all the heathen.
[9] He is strong: but I will wait upon thee: for God is my defense.
[10] My merciful God will prevent me: God will let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
[11] Slay them not, lest my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them down, O Lord our shield,
[12] For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, even for their perjury and lies, that they speak.
[13] Consume them in thy wrath: consume them that they be no more: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob , even unto the ends of the world. Selah.
[14] And in the evening they shall go to and from, and bark like dogs, and go about the city.
[15] They shall run here and there for meat: and surely they shall not be satisfied, though they tarry all night.
[16] But I will sing of thy power, and will praise thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
[17] Unto thee, O my Strength, will I sing: for God is my defense , and my merciful God.
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