Deliver Me from My Enemies (1 Samuel 19:1–24)
1 CPDV Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house, in order to execute him. Rescue me from my enemies, my God, and free me from those who rise up against me. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
2 CPDV Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and save me from men of blood. BSB BSB: Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
3 CPDV For behold, they have seized my soul. The strong have rushed upon me. BSB BSB: See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
4 CPDV And it is neither my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. I have run and gone directly, without iniquity. BSB BSB: For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
5 CPDV Rise up to meet me, and see: even you, O Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. Reach out to visit all nations. Do not take pity on all those who work iniquity. BSB BSB: O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
6 CPDV They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city. BSB BSB: They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
7 CPDV Behold, they will speak with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips: “For who has heard us?” BSB BSB: See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
8 CPDV And you, O Lord, will laugh at them. You will lead all the Gentiles to nothing. BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
9 CPDV I will guard my strength toward you, for you are God, my supporter. BSB BSB: I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.
10 CPDV My God, his mercy will precede me. BSB BSB: My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
11 CPDV God will oversee my enemies for me. Do not slay them, lest at times my people may forget them. Scatter them by your virtue. And depose them, O Lord, my protector, BSB BSB: Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
12 CPDV by the offense of their mouth and by the speech of their lips. And may they be caught in their arrogance. And, for their cursing and lying, they will be made known BSB BSB: By the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride, in the curses and lies they utter.
13 CPDV at the consummation, in the fury of the consummation, and so they will be no more. And they will know that God will rule over Jacob, even to the ends of the earth. BSB BSB: Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
14 CPDV They will return toward evening, and they will suffer hunger like dogs, and they will wander around the city. BSB BSB: They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
15 CPDV They will be dispersed in order to gnaw, and truly, when they will not have been satisfied, they will murmur. BSB BSB: They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
16 CPDV But I will sing your strength, and I will extol your mercy, in the morning. For you have been my supporter and my refuge in the day of my tribulation. BSB BSB: But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
17 CPDV To you, my helper, I will sing psalms. For you are God, my supporter. My God is my mercy. BSB BSB: To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.