The Assured Judgment of the Wicked
To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David awhen Saul sent men, and they watched the house in order to kill him.
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;
aThe mighty gather against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
4 They run and prepare themselves through no fault of mine.
aAwake 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 aAt evening they return,
They growl like a dog,
And go all around the city.
7 Indeed, they belch with their mouth;
aSwords are in their lips;
For they say, b“Who hears?”
8 But aYou, O Lord, shall laugh at them;
You shall have all the nations in derision.
9 I will wait for You, O You his Strength;
aFor God is my defense.
10 My God of mercy shall acome to meet me;
God shall let bme see my desire 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 aFor 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 aConsume them in wrath, consume them,
That they may not be;
And blet them know that God rules in Jacob
To the ends of the earth.
Selah
14 And aat evening they return,
They growl like a dog,
And go all around the city.
15 They awander 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, aO my Strength, I will sing praises;
For God is my defense,
My God of mercy.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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