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1 (For the one directing. Set to Do Not Destroy. Mikhtam Dovid. When Sha'ul sent and they watched [Dovid's] bais to kill him)
2 Save me from mine enemies, O Elohai;
protect me from them that rise up against me.
3 Deliver me from the po'alei aven (workers of iniquity),
and save me from anshei damim (bloody men).
4 For, hinei, they lie in wait for my nefesh;
the fierce stir up strife against me;
not for my peysha, nor for my chattat, Hashem.
5 They run and prepare themselves without my avon (wrong, fault);
awake to help me, and see.
6 Thou therefore, Hashem Elohim Tzva'os,
Elohei Yisroel,
rouse Thyself to visit* kol HaGoyim;
be not merciful to any bogedei aven (wicked boged).†
Selah
7 They return at erev;
they growl like a kelev (dog),
and prowl around the Ir.
8 Hinei, they belch out with their mouth;
charavot (swords) are in their sfatot (lips);
for who, say they, doth hear?
9 But Thou, Hashem, shalt laugh at them;
Thou shalt have all the Goyim in derision.
10 O my Strength, I will be shomer to watch for Thee;
for Elohim is my stronghold.
11 The G-d of my chesed shall come to meet me;
Elohim shall let me see [the end] of my shorer (watchers).‡
12 Slay them not, lest my people forget;
scatter them by Thy power;
and bring them down, Adonoi mogineinu (our Shield).
13 For the chattat of their mouth and the davar of their sfatayim,
let them even be caught in their ga'on (pride);
and for the cursing and lying which they speak.
14 Consume them in chemah (wrath),
consume them, till they are no more;
and let them know that Elohim ruleth in Ya'akov
unto the ends of ha'aretz.
Selah
15 And at erev let them return;
and let them growl like a kelev,
and prowl around the Ir.
16 Let them wander up and down for okhel (food),
and howl if they be not satisfied.
17 But I will sing of Thy oz;
yes, I will sing aloud of Thy chesed in the boker;
for Thou hast been my stronghold
and refuge in the day of my tzoros.
18 Unto Thee, O my Strength, will I sing;
for Elohim is my strongold, and the Elohim of my chesed.
* 59:6 in punishment † 59:6 traitor ‡ 59:11 i.e., slandering foes insidiously fixated on me and lying in wait