1 T o the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

2 D eliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.

3 F or, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

4 W ithout punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.

5 A nd Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.

6 T hey turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.

7 L o, they belch out with their mouths, Swords in their lips, for `Who heareth?'

8 A nd Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.

9 O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God my tower -- the God of my kindness.

10 G od doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.

11 S lay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

12 T he sin of their mouth a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

13 C onsume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.

14 A nd they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.

15 T hey -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur.

16 A nd I -- I sing Thy strength, And I sing at morn Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.

17 O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God my tower, the God of my kindness!