| 1 | To the Overseer.—'Destroy not,' by David.—A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high. |
| 2 | Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me. |
| 3 | For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah. |
| 4 | Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see. |
| 5 | And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah. |
| 6 | They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city. |
| 7 | Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for 'Who heareth?' |
| 8 | And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations. |
| 9 | O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower —the God of my kindness. |
| 10 | God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies. |
| 11 | Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield. |
| 12 | The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount. |
| 13 | Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah. |
| 14 | And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city. |
| 15 | They—they wander for food, If they are not satisfied— then they murmur. |
| 16 | And I—I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity. |
| 17 | O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness! |