⁴⁹ who brought me out from my enemies;
    you exalted me above my adversaries;
    you delivered me from the violent.^(A)

¹ Deliver me, O Lord, from evildoers;
    protect me from those who are violent,^(A)

¹ Why do you boast, O mighty one,
    of mischief done against the godly?^[a]
    All day long^(A)

⁴⁸ who delivered me from my enemies;
    indeed, you exalted me above my adversaries;
    you delivered me from the violent.^(A)

⁸ He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
    and on them he has set the world.^(A)

¹⁷ I see him but not now;
    I behold him but not near—
a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the foreheads^[a] of Moab
    and the heads^[b] of all the Shethites.^(A)
18 Edom will become a possession,
    Seir a possession of its enemies,
    while Israel does valiantly.^(B)
19 One out of Jacob shall rule
    and destroy the survivors of Ir.”^(C)