| 1. | Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me. |
| 2. | Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men. |
| 3. | For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. |
| 4. | They run and prepare themselves without `my' fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold. |
| 5. | Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah |
| 6. | They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go round about the city. |
| 7. | Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, `say they', doth hear? |
| 8. | But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision. |
| 9. | `Because of' his strength I will give heed unto thee; For God is my high tower. |
| 10. | My God with his lovingkindness will meet me: God will let me see `my desire' upon mine enemies. |
| 11. | Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield. |
| 12. | `For' the sin of their mouth, `and' the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak. |
| 13. | Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more: And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. Selah |
| 14. | And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog, And go round about the city. |
| 15. | They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied. |
| 16. | But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress. |
| 17. | Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. Psalm 60 For the Chief Musician; `set to' Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; and when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. |