1 Unto the end, destroy not, to David in the inscription of the title, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him.
1 Unto the end. Destroy not. For David for an inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house to kill him. 1 Kings 19. Attend to visit all the nations: have no mercy on all them that work iniquity. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of,
2 Deliver me from mine enemies, o my God: and from them that rise up against me defend me.
2 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.
3 Deliver me from them that work iniquity: and from bloody men save me.
3 Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
4 Because lo they have taken my soul: the strong have fallen violently upon me.
4 For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:
5 Neither is it mine iniquity, nor my sin, o Lord: without iniquity have I run, and gone directly.
5 Neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord: without iniquity have I run, and directed my steps.
6 Rise up to meet me, and see: and thou, o Lord, the God of powers, God of Israel, attend to visit all nations: have no mercy on all that work iniquity.
6 Rise up thou to meet me, and behold: even thou, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel.
7 They will return at evening: and they shall suffer famine as dogs, and shall compass the city.
7 They shall return at evening, and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
8 Behold they will speak in their mouth, and a sword in their lips: because who hath heard?
8 Behold they shall speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: for who, say they, hath heard us?
9 And thou, o Lord wilt scorn them: thou wilt bring to nought all the nations.
9 But thou, O Lord, shalt laug h at them: thou shalt bring all the nations to nothing.
10 I will keep my strength to thee: because thou art my receiver:
10 I will keep my strength to thee: for thou art my protector:
11 my God, thy mercy shall prevent me.
11 My God, his mercy shall prevent me.
12 God will shew unto me concerning mine enemies, kill them not lest sometime my peoples forget. Disperse them in thy strength: and depose them my protector, o Lord.
12 God shall let me see over my enemies: slay them not, lest at any time my people forget. Scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord, my protector:
13 The sin of their mouth, the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for cursing and lying they shall be talked of
13 For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride.
14 in consummation: in wrath of consummation and they shall not be. And they shall know that God will rule over Jacob: and over the ends of the earth.
14 When they are consumed: when they are consumed by thy wrath, and they shall be no more. And they shall know that God will rule Jacob, and all the ends of the earth.
15 They shall be turned at evening, and shall suffer famine as dogs: & shall compass the city.
15 They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
16 They shall be dispersed to eat: and if they be not filled, they will murmur also.
16 They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they be not filled.
17 But I will sing thy strength: and will exalt thy mercy in the morning. Because thou art become my receiver, and my refuge in the day of my tribulation.
17 But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and my refuge, in the day of my trouble.
18 My helper, I will sing to thee, because thou art God my receiver: my God, my mercy.
18 Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy.