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Psalm 59

¹Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me.

²Deliver me from those who work evil; from the bloodthirsty save me.

³Even now they lie in wait for my life; the mighty stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,

⁴for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Rouse yourself, come to my help and see!

⁵You, Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel. Awake to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah

⁶Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.

⁷There they are, bellowing with their mouths, with sharp words on their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”

⁸But you laugh at them, O Lord; you hold all the nations in derision.

⁹O my strength, I will watch for you; for you, O God, are my fortress.

¹⁰My God in his steadfast love will meet me; my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.

¹¹Do not kill them, or my people may forget; make them totter by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

¹²For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,

¹³consume them in wrath; consume them until they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

¹⁴Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.

¹⁵They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill.

¹⁶But I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress for me and a refuge in the day of my distress.

¹⁷O my strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.

Psalm 60

¹O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; now restore us!

²You have caused the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.

³You have made your people suffer hard things; you have given us wine to drink that made us reel.

⁴You have set up a banner for those who fear you, to rally to it out of bowshot. Selah

⁵Give victory with your right hand, and answer us, so that those whom you love may be rescued.

⁶God has promised in his sanctuary: “With exultation I will divide up Shechem, and portion out the Vale of Succoth.

⁷Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet; Judah is my scepter.

⁸Moab is my washbasin; on Edom I hurl my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

⁹Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

¹⁰Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go out, O God, with our armies.

¹¹O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless.

¹²With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down our foes.