¹Deliver me from my enemies, god; defend me from those who rise up against me.
²Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

³For look, they lie in wait for my soul; they have multiplied evil against me; not because I have transgressed or because I have sinned, Yahvah.
⁴They run and prepare themselves against me, without considering whether I have been at fault;
⁵awake to help me, and look, Yahvah, god of hosts, the god of Israel, awake to visit all the nations, and do not spare any wicked transgressors.

⁶They return at evening; they make a noise like dogs, and go around the city.
⁷Look, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who cares?

⁸But you, Yahvah, will laugh at them; you will have all the nations in derision.
⁹To you I will give praise, god, for you are my defense.
¹⁰God, your lovingkindness has preceded me; god has let me live to see my enemies avenged.

¹¹Spare them for a living example, lest my people forget; but scatter them by your power, and bring them down, master, my hope.
¹²For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; for it is cursing and lying that they speak.
¹³Consume them in your wrath, consume them, that they not be anymore, that they may know that god rules over Jacob and over the ends of the land.

¹⁴And at evening, let them return; and let them make a noise like dogs, and go around the city.
¹⁵Let them be hungry and not be filled, do not let them find a lodging place.

¹⁶But I will sing of your power; yes, I will sing aloud of your mercy in the morning; for you have been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
¹⁷To you, god, I will sing; for you are god of my refuge and the god of my mercy.