⁴⁹     and delivers me from my enemies.
You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
    you save me from violent opponents.

¹ O Lord, rescue me from evil people.
    Protect me from those who are violent,

⁴ O Lord, keep me out of the hands of the wicked.
    Protect me from those who are violent,
    for they are plotting against me.

¹ Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior?
    Don’t you realize God’s justice continues forever?

⁴⁸     and rescues me from my enemies.
You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
    you save me from violent opponents.

⁸ He lifts the poor from the dust
    and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
    placing them in seats of honor.
For all the earth is the Lord’s,
    and he has set the world in order.

¹⁷ I see him, but not here and now.
    I perceive him, but far in the distant future.
A star will rise from Jacob;
    a scepter will emerge from Israel.
It will crush the heads of Moab’s people,
    cracking the skulls^[a] of the people of Sheth.
¹⁸ Edom will be taken over,
    and Seir, its enemy, will be conquered,
    while Israel marches on in triumph.
¹⁹ A ruler will rise in Jacob
    who will destroy the survivors of Ir.”

⁷ Water will flow from their buckets;
    their offspring have all they need.
Their king will be greater than Agag;
    their kingdom will be exalted.