1  Deliver me from mine enemies, O my ° ElohimGod; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

2  Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.

3  For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

4  They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to meet me, and behold.

5 Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the ° ElohimGod of hosts, the ° ElohimGod of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.

6  They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:

7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who [say they] doth hear?

8  But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

9  Their strength! ...I will take heed to thee; for ° ElohimGod is my high fortress.

10  ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, — ° Elohim|strong="H0430"God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.

11 Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

12 [Because of] the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.

13 Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that ° ElohimGod ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah.

14  And in the evening they shall return, they shall howl like a dog, and go round about the city.

15  They shall wander about for meat, and stay all night if they be not satisfied.

16  But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving-kindness in the morning; for thou hast been to me a high fortress, and a refuge in the day of my trouble.

17 Unto thee, my strength, will I sing psalms; for ° ElohimGod is my high fortress, the ° ElohimGod of my mercy.