Deliver Me from My Enemies
To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.
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a Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
b protect me from those who c rise up against me;
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deliver me from d those who work evil,
and save me from e bloodthirsty men.
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For behold, they f lie in wait for my life;
fierce men g stir up strife against me.
h For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
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for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
i Awake, come to meet me, and see!
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You, j Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah
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Each evening they k come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
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There they are, l bellowing with their mouths
with m swords in their lips -
for n "Who," they think, "will hear us?"
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But you, O Lord, o laugh at them;
you hold all the nations in derision.
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O my Strength, I will watch for you,
for you, O God, are p my fortress.
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q My God in his steadfast love r will meet me;
God will let me s look in triumph on my enemies.
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Kill them not, lest my people forget;
make them totter by your power and t bring them down,
O Lord, our u shield!
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For v the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
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w consume them in wrath;
consume them till they are no more,
that they may x know that God rules over Jacob
to y the ends of the earth. Selah
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z Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
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They a wander about for food
and growl if they do not get their fill.
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But I will sing of your strength;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me b a fortress
and c a refuge in d the day of my distress.
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O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,
for you, O God, b are my fortress,
e the God who shows me steadfast love.
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Psalms 57:1
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
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Psalms 16:1
Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
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1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, "If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.
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Psalms 143:9
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord! I have fled to you for refuge!
Psalms 18:48
Who delivered me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you rescued me from the man of violence.
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Psalms 20:1
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
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Psalms 17:7
Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
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Psalms 94:4
They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
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Psalms 5:6
You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
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Psalms 10:9
He lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
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Psalms 56:6
They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
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1 Samuel 24:11
See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.
Psalms 7:3
O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands.
Psalms 69:4
More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
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Psalms 35:23
Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
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Psalms 80:4
O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers?
Psalms 84:8
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
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Psalms 22:16
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet -
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Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Psalms 94:4
They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
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Psalms 57:4
My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts - the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
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Job 22:13
But you say, 'What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
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Psalms 2:4
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
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Psalms 59:16 - 17
But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
Psalms 9:9
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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Psalms 59:17
O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.
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Psalms 21:3
For you meet him with rich blessings; you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.
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Psalms 54:7
For he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
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Psalms 55:23
But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
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Psalms 3:3
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
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Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
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Psalms 7:9
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous - you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
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Psalms 83:18
That they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
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Psalms 22:27
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
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Psalms 22:16
For dogs encompass me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet -
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Psalms 109:10
May his children wander about and beg, seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
Job 15:23
He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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Psalms 59:9
O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.
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2 Samuel 22:3
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence.
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Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the Lord ; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
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Psalms 59:16
But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
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Psalms 59:10
My God in his steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.
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