Deliver Me from My Enemies
(1 Samuel 19:1–24)
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam 1of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him.
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; 1Sa 19:11-24Psa 18:48Isa 33:16Luk 1:74-75Psa 57:12Co 11:32-332Ti 4:17-18Psa 143:9
protect me from those who rise against me.
Deliver me from workers of iniquity, Psa 139:19Psa 26:9Psa 55:23Psa 27:2
and save me from men of bloodshed.
See how they lie in wait for me. Psa 56:6Psa 69:41Sa 24:11Jhn 15:25Pro 12:6Mic 7:2Psa 37:32-331Sa 19:1
Fierce men conspire against me
for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
For no fault of my own, Psa 35:231Sa 19:12-24Act 23:15Isa 51:9Isa 59:7Pro 1:16Psa 35:19Psa 44:23
they move swiftly to attack me.
Arise to help me, and take notice.
O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, Psa 55:15Psa 84:8Psa 9:15Amo 9:7Exo 20:5Exo 3:15Ezk 18:27-28Gen 33:20
rouse Yourself to punish all the nations;
show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
Selah
They return in the evening, snarling like dogs Psa 59:14Psa 22:161Sa 19:11
and prowling around the city.
See what they spew from their mouths— Psa 57:4Pro 15:2Psa 10:11Psa 73:11Pro 12:18Pro 15:28Psa 10:13Psa 55:21
sharp words from their lips:
“For who can hear us?”
But You, O LORD, laugh at them; Pro 1:26Psa 37:13Psa 2:4Mat 18:17Psa 59:51Sa 19:15-16
You scoff at all the nations.
I will keep watch for You, O my strength, Psa 9:9Isa 26:3-4Psa 27:14Psa 62:2Psa 59:17Hab 3:19Isa 12:2Isa 40:31
because You, O God, are my fortress.
My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; 1Pe 5:10Psa 21:3Psa 54:7Psa 59:17Psa 54:5Psa 92:11Eph 2:4-5Isa 65:24
God will let me stare down my foes.
Do not kill them, Psa 3:3Deu 28:64Deu 4:27Luk 1:51-52Rev 9:6Ezk 12:15-16Gen 4:12-15Jdg 1:6-7
or my people will forget.
Scatter them by Your power,
and bring them down,
O Lord, our shield.
By the sins of their mouths Pro 12:13Hos 4:2Pro 18:7Psa 10:7Mat 12:36-37Psa 10:2Psa 120:3-4Luk 23:5
and the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride,
in the curses and lies they utter.
Consume them in wrath; Psa 83:18Psa 7:9Ezk 39:7Psa 59:111Ki 18:36-371Sa 17:46-472Ki 19:19Dan 4:25
consume them till they are no more,
so it may be known to the ends of the earth
that God rules over Jacob.
Selah
They return in the evening, Psa 22:16Psa 59:6
snarling like dogs
and prowling around the city.
They scavenge for food, Job 15:23Psa 109:10Job 30:1-7Lam 5:92Ki 6:25-29Deu 28:48Deu 28:53-58Isa 56:11
and growl if they are not satisfied.
But I will sing of Your strength Psa 21:13Eph 3:20Rom 15:9Psa 30:5Psa 143:8Eph 1:6-7Psa 31:7Psa 138:7
and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning.
For You are my fortress,
my refuge in times of trouble.
To You, O my strength, I sing praises, Psa 46:1Psa 59:9-10Psa 18:1
for You, O God, are my fortress,
my God of loving devotion.