1 For the Chief Musician;
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul;
4 They run and prepare themselves without
5 Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel,
6 They return at evening, they howl like a dog,
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth;
8 But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them;
9 Because of
10 My God with his lovingkindness will meet me:
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget:
12 For
13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more:
14 And at evening let them return, let them howl like a dog,
15 They shall wander up and down for food,
16 But I will sing of thy strength;
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing praises: