59:1 Save me from my enemies, my God; protect me from those who attack me! |
59:2 Save me from those evil people; rescue me from those murderers! |
59:3 Look! They are waiting to kill me; cruel people are gathering against me. It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done, |
59:4 nor because of any fault of mine, O LORD, that they hurry to their places. |
59:5 Rise, LORD God Almighty, and come to my aid; see for yourself, God of Israel! Wake up and punish the heathen; show no mercy to evil traitors! |
59:6 They come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city. |
59:7 Listen to their insults and threats. Their tongues are like swords in their mouths, yet they think that no one hears them. |
59:8 But you laugh at them, LORD; you mock all the heathen. |
59:9 I have confidence in your strength; you are my refuge, O God. |
59:10 My God loves me and will come to me; he will let me see my enemies defeated. |
59:11 Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your strength and defeat them, O Lord, our protector. |
59:12 Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful; may they be caught in their pride! Because they curse and lie, |
59:13 destroy them in your anger; destroy them completely. Then everyone will know that God rules in Israel, that his rule extends over all the earth. |
59:14 My enemies come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city, |
59:15 like dogs roaming about for food and growling if they do not find enough. |
59:16 But I will sing about your strength; every morning I will sing aloud of your constant love. You have been a refuge for me, a shelter in my time of trouble. |
59:17 I will praise you, my defender. My refuge is God, the God who loves me. |