Psalms 59:4-17

⁴they run and make ready. Awake! Come forth to meet me, and see!

⁵You, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, awake! And punish the proud, every one; spare none of the traitors vile. Selah

⁶At evening they come, and, howling like dogs, make their round in the city.

⁷Look at their venomous mouths, tongues like swords, they think no one hears them.

⁸But you, Lord, laugh at them, you mock all the insolent.

⁹My strength, I will sing to you, for God is my sure retreat.

¹⁰My God with his love will meet me, and feast my eyes on my foes.

¹¹Slay them not, lest my people forget, let your hosts keep them roaming and wandering.

¹²In their sinful speech snare them, O Lord; and may they be trapped in their pride, for the curses and lies that they utter.

¹³In your wrath make a clean end of them, that people, to the ends of the earth, may know that God rules in Jacob. Selah

¹⁴At evening they come, and, howling like dogs, make their round in the city.

¹⁵They roam about for a feast, and snarl, if they get not their fill.

¹⁶But I will sing of your might; I will ring out your love in the morning. For to me you have been a sure refuge, a retreat in the day of my trouble.

¹⁷My strength, I will sing praise to you, for God is my sure retreat, my faithful God.