Psalms 58
1Deliver me from my enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me. 1
2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 1
3For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. 1
4Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: awake to help me, and behold. 1
5And you, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause. 1
6They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city. 1
7Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard? 1
8But you, Lord, will laugh them to scorn; you will utterly set at nothing all the heathen. 1
9will keep my strength, looking to you; for you, O God, are my helper. 1
10As for my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will show me vengeance on my enemies. 1
11Slay them not, lest they forget your + 58:11 some read λαοῦ 'people'. law; scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender. 1
12For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride. 1
13And for their cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: they shall fall by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; so shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. Pause. 1
14They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city. 1
15They shall be scattered hither and there for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur. 1
16But I will sing to your strength, and in the morning will I exult in your mercy; for you have been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of my affliction. 1
17You are my helper; to you, my God, will I sing; you are my supporter, O my God, and my mercy.