Psalms 58
1For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. 1
2Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; 1 And ransom me from those that rise up against me. 1
3Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, 1 And save me from bloody men. 1
4For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; 1 Violent men have set upon me: 1 Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. 1
5Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: 1 Awake to help me, and behold. 1
6And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, 1 Draw nigh to visit all the heathen; 1 Pity not any that work iniquity. Pause. 1
7They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city. 1
8Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, 1 And a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard? 1
9But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; 1 Thou wilt utterly set at nought all the heathen. 1
10I will keep my strength, looking to thee; 1 For thou, O God, art my helper. 1
11As for my God, his mercy shall go before me: 1 My God will show me vengeance on mine enemies. 1
12Slay them not, lest they forget thy law; 1 Scatter them by thy power; 1 And bring them down, O Lord, my defender. 1
13For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips, 1 Let them be even taken in their pride. 1
14And for their cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: 1 They shall fall by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; 1 So shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. Pause. 1
15They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city. 1
16They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat; 1 And if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur. 1
17But I will sing to thy strength, 1 And in the morning will I exult in thy mercy; 1 For thou hast been my supporter, 1 And my refuge in the day of mine affliction. 1
18Thou art my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing; 1 Thou art my supporter, 1 O my God, and my mercy.