Psalms 58

¹Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house, in order to execute him.

²Rescue me from my enemies, my God, and free me from those who rise up against me.

³Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and save me from men of blood.

⁴For behold, they have seized my soul. The strong have rushed upon me.

⁵And it is neither my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. I have run and gone directly, without iniquity.

⁶Rise up to meet me, and see: even you, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Reach out to visit all nations. Do not take pity on all those who work iniquity.

⁷They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.

⁸Behold, they will speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: “For who has heard us?”

⁹And you, O Lord, will laugh at them. You will lead all the Gentiles to nothing.

¹⁰I will guard my strength toward you, for you are God, my supporter.

¹¹My God, his mercy will precede me.

¹²God will oversee my enemies for me. Do not slay them, lest at times my people may forget them. Scatter them by your virtue. And depose them, O Lord, my protector,

¹³by the offense of their mouth and by the speech of their lips. And may they be caught in their arrogance. And, for their cursing and lying, they will be made known

¹⁴at the consummation, in the fury of the consummation, and so they will be no more. And they will know that God will rule over Jacob, even to the ends of the earth.

¹⁵They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city.

¹⁶They will be dispersed in order to gnaw, and truly, when they will not have been satisfied, they will murmur.

¹⁷But I will sing your strength, and I will extol your mercy, in the morning. For you have been my supporter and my refuge in the day of my tribulation.

¹⁸To you, my helper, I will sing psalms. For you are God, my supporter. My God is my mercy.

Psalms 58

¹Unto the end, destroy not, for David for an inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him.

²Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.

³Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

⁴For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:

⁵Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps.

⁶Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity.

⁷They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.

⁸Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?

⁹But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.

¹⁰I will keep my strength to thee: for thou art my protector:

¹¹My God, his mercy shall prevent me.

¹²God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my protector:

¹³For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of,

¹⁴When they are consumed: when they are consumed by thy wrath, and they shall be no more. And they shall know that God will rule Jacob, and all the ends of the earth.

¹⁵They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.

¹⁶They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they be not filled.

¹⁷But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and my refuge, in the day of my trouble.

¹⁸Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy.