Psalms 58 — ENGLXXUP

58 For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. ² Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; ³ Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, ⁴ For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; ⁵ Without iniquity I ran and directed my course aright: ⁶ And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, ⁷ They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city. ⁸ Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, ⁹ But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn; ¹⁰ I will keep my strength, looking to thee; ¹¹ As for my God, his mercy shall go before me: ¹² Slay them not, lest they forget thy law; ¹³ For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips, ¹⁴ And for their cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: ¹⁵ They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city. ¹⁶ They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat; ¹⁷ But I will sing to thy strength, ¹⁸ Thou art my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing;