1TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN SAUL’S SENDING, AND THEY WATCH THE HOUSE TO PUT HIM TO DEATH. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, "" Set me on high from my withstanders.

2Deliver me from workers of iniquity, "" And save me from men of blood.

3For behold, they laid wait for my soul, "" Strong ones are assembled against me, "" Not my transgression nor my sin, O YHWH.

4Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, "" Stir up to meet me, and see.

5And You, YHWH, God of Hosts, God of Israel, "" Awake to inspect all the nations. Do not favor any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.

6They return at evening, "" They make a noise like a dog, "" And go around the city.

7Behold, they belch out with their mouths, "" Swords [are] in their lips, for “Who hears?”

8And You, O YHWH, laugh at them, "" You mock at all the nations.

9O my Strength, to You I take heed, "" For God [is] my tower—the God of my kindness.

10God goes before me, "" He causes me to look on my enemies.

11Do not slay them, lest my people forget, "" Shake them by Your strength, "" And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

12The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, "" And they are captured in their pride, "" And they recount from the curse and lying.

13Consume in fury, consume and they are not, "" And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, "" To the ends of the earth. Selah.

14And they return at evening, "" They make a noise like a dog, "" And they go around the city.

15They wander for food, "" If they are not satisfied—then they murmur.

16And I sing of Your strength, "" And at morning I sing of Your kindness, "" For You have been a tower to me, "" And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.

17O my Strength, I sing praise to You, "" For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!