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For look, they lie in wait for my life. The mighty attack against me, not because of my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.

Look, they pour out talk with their mouth. Swords are on their lips, for they say, "Who hears?"

O my strength, I will watch for you, because you, O God, are my (high) stronghold.

By the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, even in their pride, let them be trapped, and for the curses and lies they proclaim.

As for them, they wander for food. If they are not satisfied, then they continue all night.

But as for me, I will sing of your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my high stronghold and a refuge in my time of trouble.

For the music director, according to Shushan Eduth. A miktam of David. To teach. When he fought Mesopotamia and Aram Zobah, and Joab returned and struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, twelve thousand persons. O God, you have rejected us. You have broken us. You have been angry. Restore us!

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine, and Ephraim is the helmet for my head; Judah is my scepter.

Give us help against the adversary, for the help of humankind is futile.

For the music director, upon stringed instruments. Of David. Hear, O God, my cry; attend to my prayer.

For you have been my refuge, a strong tower from the enemy.

For you, O God, you have heard my vows. You have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

For the music director, on Jeduthun. A psalm of David. Only for God my soul waits in silence. From him is my salvation.

Only for God wait in silence, O my soul, because my hope is from him.

Trust him at all times, O people; pour out before him your heart. God is a refuge for us. Selah

A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, you are my God; I will seek you diligently. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you as in a dry and weary land without water.

Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

But as for them who seek my life for ruin, they will go into the depths of the earth.

They who would deliver him to the sword will become a portion for jackals.

For the music director. A psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my lamenting. Preserve my life from the fear of the enemy.