Deliver Me from My Enemies (1 Samuel 19:1–24)
1 UDB God, save me from my enemies! Protect me from those who want to attack 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 UDB Keep me safe from men who want to do what is wicked, from men who are murderers! BSB BSB: Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
3 UDB Look! They are waiting to kill me! Fierce men have gathered to assault me. Yahweh, they are doing that even though I have not done what is wrong! 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 UDB It is not because I have committed any sin against them that they run and get ready to attack me. Please look at my situation and help me. BSB BSB: For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
5 UDB Yahweh my God, commander of the angel armies, the one we Israelites worship, arise and punish the people of all the nations who do not honor you; do not act mercifully toward those wicked people who have acted treacherously toward us. 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 UDB They return each evening, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl around this city. BSB BSB: They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
7 UDB They loudly say terrible things; they say things that destroy as much as swords do because they are saying, "No one will hear us!" BSB BSB: See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
8 UDB But Yahweh, you laugh at them. You scoff at the people of the pagan nations. BSB BSB: But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.
9 UDB God, I have confidence in you because you are very strong; you are my refuge. BSB BSB: I will keep watch for You, O my strength, because You, O God, are my fortress.
10 UDB Because you love me, you will come to save me as you have promised; you will allow me to watch while you defeat my enemies. BSB BSB: My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
11 UDB But do not kill them immediately; it is good that my people should not forget how you punished them! Instead, Lord, you who are like a shield that protects us; scatter them by your power and then defeat them. 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 UDB Because what they say is sinful, allow them to be trapped for being proud. Because they are always cursing and telling lies, 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 UDB because you are angry, get rid of them; destroy them completely so that people will know that you rule over us, your Israelite people, and that you rule over all 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 UDB They return each evening, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl around this city. BSB BSB: They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.
15 UDB They roam around, searching for food and if they do not find enough, they growl like dogs. BSB BSB: They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
16 UDB But as for me, I will sing about your power; every morning I will sing joyfully about your faithfully loving us. I will sing about how you protected me when I was very distressed. 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 UDB God, you are the one who enables me to be strong; you are my refuge; you faithfully love me, just as you have promised in your covenant. BSB BSB: To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
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