Psalm 59:9-18

Complete Jewish Bible

⁹⁽⁸⁾But you, Adonai, laugh at them,
you mock all the nations.

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾My Strength, I will watch for you,
for God is my fortress.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾God, who gives me grace, will come to me;
God will let me gaze in triumph at my foes.

¹²⁽¹¹⁾Don’t kill them, or my people will forget;
instead, by your power, make them wander to and fro;
but bring them down, Adonai our Shield,
¹³⁽¹²⁾for the sins their mouths make with each word from their lips.
Let them be trapped by their pride
for the curses and falsehoods they utter.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾Finish them off in wrath,
finish them off, put an end to them,
and let them know to the ends of the earth
that God is Ruler in Ya‘akov. (Selah)

¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾They return at nightfall, snarling like dogs
as they go around the city.
¹⁶⁽¹⁵⁾They roam about, looking for food,
prowling all night if they don’t get their fill.
¹⁷⁽¹⁶⁾But as for me, I will sing of your strength;
in the morning I will sing aloud of your grace.
For you are my fortress,
a refuge when I am in trouble.
¹⁸⁽¹⁷⁾My Strength, I will sing praises to you,
for God is my fortress, God, who gives me grace.