7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually. When he prepareth his arrows,* let them be as if cut off at the point: 8 Let them be as a snail which melteth, as it goeth, 9 10 · 11 As the untimely birth of a woman, that doth not behold the sun. Before your pots can feel the thorns, He shall sweep them away with a tempest, both green and dry. The righteous one shall be glad when he beholdeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked one. And men shall 66 say, Truly there is fruit for the righteous one: "Truly there is a God that judgeth in the earth." PSALM LIX. For the chief Musician. After the manner of "Destroy A Golden Poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to slay him.b not." 1 DELIVER me from mine enemies, O my a Isa. iii. 10. b 1 Sam. xix. 11. Set me on high from those that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the men of blood. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: Strong men gather themselves together against me; Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, 4 They run and prepare themselves without iniquity on my part. Awake to meet me, and see. 5 Yea, do thou, O Jehovah, God of hosts, God of Israel, Awake to visit all the nations: Be not gracious unto any wicked trans 7 Behold, they pour forth with their mouth: Swords are in their lips; For, "Who," say they, "doth hear ?" 8 But as to thee, O Jehovah, thou laughest at them; Thou hast all the nations in derision. * 9 0 my strength, for thee will I watch; For God is my high tower. 10 As for my God, his loving-kindness shall meet me: 11 God will give me to see my desire upon mine enemies. Slay them not, lest my people forget: power, And bring them down, O my Lord, our shield. 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them be taken in their pride; Even for the cursing and lying which they speak. 13 Consume them, in wrath consume them, that 15 As for them, they wander up and down for food, a Ps. lxxxiii. 17, 18. And murmur if they be not satisfied. 16 But as for me, I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will shout for joy in the morning on account of thy loving-kindness; Because thou hast been a high tower unto me, And a refuge in the day of my trouble. 17 To thee, O my strength, will I sing praises; For God is my high tower, my God, and my loving-kindness. PSALM LX. For the chief Musician. On the lily of testimony. A Golden Poem by David, for teaching; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. 1 O GOD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us, Thou hast been angry: O restore us. 2 Thou hast made the land to shake; thou hast broken it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it is moved. 3 Thou hast showed thy people hard things: a Ps. cxliv. 2. b Ps. xlv., title. Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. 4 Thou hast given a banner to those that fear thee, 5 6 That it may be displayed, because of the truth. Selah. That thy beloved ones may be delivered,* Save with thy right hand, and answer us. God hath spoken in his holiness: "I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, “And measure out the valley of Succoth. "Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; "Ephraim also is the strength of my head; "Judah is my lawgiver; 8 "Moab is my wash-pot; 9 10 'Upon Edom will I cast my shoe. "O Philistia, triumph thou over me. "Who will bring me into the strong city? Is it not thou, O God, that didst cast us off ? And that didst not go out, O God, with our hosts? b a Ps. cviii. 6-13. b Ps. xliv. 9. |