Psalms 59:6-17

⁶They return at evening, they howl like dogs and go around the city.

⁷See, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for they say, “Who hears us?”

⁸But you, Yahweh, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision.

⁹God, my strength, I will pay attention to you; you are my high tower.

¹⁰My God will meet me with his covenant faithfulness; God will let me see my desire on my enemies.

¹¹Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and make them fall, Lord our shield.

¹²For the sins of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them be captured in their pride, and for the curses and lies that they express.

¹³Consume them in wrath, consume them so that they will be no more; let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth. Selah

¹⁴At evening they return, howling like dogs going around the city.

¹⁵They wander about looking for food and they growl like a dog if they are not satisfied.

¹⁶But I will sing about your strength, and in the morning I will sing about your steadfast love! For you have been my high tower and a refuge in the day of my distress.

¹⁷To you, my strength, I will sing praises; for God is my high tower, the God of covenant faithfulness.