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Chapter 58

Psalms · King David

Ps 58:1

¹ For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him.

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Ps 58:2

² Deliver me from mine enemies, O God;

Ps 58:2

Ps 58:3

³ Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,

Ps 58:3

Ps 58:4

⁴ For, behold, they have hunted after my soul;

Ps 58:4

Ps 58:5

⁵ Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]:

Ps 58:5

Ps 58:6

⁶ And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,

Ps 58:6

Ps 58:7

⁷ They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city.

Ps 58:7

Ps 58:8

⁸ Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth,

Ps 58:8

Ps 58:9

⁹ But thou, Lord, wilt laugh them to scorn;

Ps 58:9

Ps 58:10

¹⁰ I will keep my strength, [looking] to thee;

Ps 58:10

Ps 58:11

¹¹ [As for] my God, his mercy shall go before me:

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Ps 58:12

¹² Slay them not, lest they forget thy law;

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Ps 58:13

¹³ [For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the word of their lips,

Ps 58:13

Ps 58:14

¹⁴ And for [their] cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced:

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Ps 58:15

¹⁵ They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.

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Ps 58:16

¹⁶ They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat;

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Ps 58:17

¹⁷ But I will sing to thy strength,

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Ps 58:18

¹⁸ [Thou art] my helper; to thee, my God, will I sing;

Ps 58:18