For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
Deliver me from my enemies, my God. 1Sa 19:11-24Psa 18:48Isa 33:16Luk 1:74-75Psa 57:12Co 11:32-332Ti 4:17-18Psa 143:9
Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Psa 139:19Psa 26:9Psa 55:23Psa 27:2
Save me from the bloodthirsty men.
For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. Psa 56:6Psa 69:41Sa 24:11Jhn 15:25Pro 12:6Mic 7:2Psa 37:32-331Sa 19:1
The mighty gather themselves together against me,
not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD.
I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Psa 35:231Sa 19:12-24Act 23:15Isa 51:9Isa 59:7Pro 1:16Psa 35:19Psa 44:23
Rise up, behold, and help me!
You, LORD God of Armies, 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 the nations.
Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
They return at evening, howling like dogs, Psa 59:14Psa 22:161Sa 19:11
and prowl around the city.
Behold, they spew with their mouth. Psa 57:4Pro 15:2Psa 10:11Psa 73:11Pro 12:18Pro 15:28Psa 10:13Psa 55:21
Swords are in their lips,
“For”, they say, “who hears us?”
But you, LORD, laugh at them. Pro 1:26Psa 37:13Psa 2:4Mat 18:17Psa 59:51Sa 19:15-16
You scoff at all the nations.
Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, Psa 9:9Isa 26:3-4Psa 27:14Psa 62:2Psa 59:17Hab 3:19Isa 12:2Isa 40:31
for God is my high tower.
My God will go before me with his loving kindness. 1Pe 5:10Psa 21:3Psa 54:7Psa 59:17Psa 54:5Psa 92:11Eph 2:4-5Isa 65:24
God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Psa 3:3Deu 28:64Deu 4:27Luk 1:51-52Rev 9:6Ezk 12:15-16Gen 4:12-15Jdg 1:6-7
Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Pro 12:13Hos 4:2Pro 18:7Psa 10:7Mat 12:36-37Psa 10:2Psa 120:3-4Luk 23:5
let them be caught in their pride,
for the curses and lies which 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, and they will be no more.
Let them know that God rules in Jacob,
to the ends of the earth. Selah.
At evening let them return. Psa 22:16Psa 59:6
Let them howl like a dog, and go around the city.
They shall wander up and down for food, Job 15:23Psa 109:10Job 30:1-7Lam 5:92Ki 6:25-29Deu 28:48Deu 28:53-58Isa 56:11
and wait all night if they aren’t 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
Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning.
For you have been my high tower,
a refuge in the day of my distress.
To you, my strength, I will sing praises. Psa 46:1Psa 59:9-10Psa 18:1
For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.