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1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God.
Protect me from those who rise up against me.
2Deliver me from workers of iniquity,
and from men of bloodshed save me.
3For look, they lie in wait for my life.[#Hebrew “soul”]
The mighty attack against me,
not because of my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.
4Without guilt on my part they run and ready themselves.
Awake to meet me and see.
5And you, Yahweh, God of hosts, are the God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations.
Do not be gracious to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah
6They return at evening; they howl like dogs[#Hebrew “dog”]
while they prowl the city.
7Look, they pour out talk with their mouth.
Swords are on their lips,
for they say, “Who hears?”
8But you, O Yahweh, will laugh at them;
you will mock all the nations.
9O my strength, I will watch for you,[#Reading with a few Hebrew manuscripts and the LXX, Targum and v. 18]
because you, O God, are my (high) stronghold.
10My God of loyal love will meet me;[#According to the reading tradition (Qere), some Hebrew manuscripts and the LXX]
God will cause me to look in triumph on my enemies.
11Do not kill them, lest my people forget.
Make them to wander by your power,
and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
12By the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
even in their pride, let them be trapped,
and for the curses and lies they proclaim.
13Destroy in anger; destroy so they are no more,
so that they may know that God is ruling in Jacob
to the ends of the earth. Selah
14They return at evening; they howl like dogs[#Hebrew “dog”]
while they prowl the city.
15As for them, they wander for food.
If they are not satisfied, then they continue all night.
16But as for me, I will sing of your strength,
and I will hail your loyal love in the morning,
because you have been my high stronghold
and a refuge in my time of trouble.
17O my strength, to you I will give praise,
because God is my high stronghold,
my God of loyal love.