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Panalangin Laban sa Masama

59 O Dios, iligtas nʼyo ako sa aking mga kaaway.
    At sa mga kumakalaban sa akin, ako ay inyong ingatan.
Iligtas nʼyo ako sa masasama at sa mga mamamatay-tao.
Panginoon, tingnan nʼyo!
    Inaabangan nila ako para patayin,
    kahit na wala akong nagawang kasalanan sa kanila.
4-5 Wala akong nagawang kasalanan,
    ngunit handa silang salakayin ako.
    Sige na po, Panginoong Dios na Makapangyarihan, Dios ng Israel.
    Tingnan nʼyo na ang nangyayari; tulungan nʼyo ako!
    Kumilos na kayo, at parusahan nʼyo ang mga bansang hindi sumasampalataya sa inyo.
    Huwag nʼyong kahabagan ang mga taksil na iyon.
Bumabalik sila kapag gabi at tumatahol
    gaya ng aso habang naglilibot sila sa bayan.
Pakinggan nʼyo ang kanilang pananalita; kasing sakit ng tusok ng espada.
    At sinasabi pa nila, “Wala namang nakakarinig sa atin.”
Ngunit, pinagtatawanan nʼyo lang sila Panginoon.
    Kinukutya nʼyo ang mga taong hindi sumasampalataya sa inyo.
O Dios ikaw ang aking kalakasan.
    Maghihintay ako sa inyo dahil ikaw ang aking tagapagtanggol,
10 at ikaw ang Dios na nagmamahal sa akin.
    Manguna ka sa akin at ipakita mo sa akin ang pagbagsak ng aking mga kaaway.
11 Pero huwag nʼyo silang patayin agad
    para hindi makalimutan ng aking mga kababayan
    kung paano nʼyo pinarurusahan ang inyong mga kaaway.
    O Panginoon na aming pananggalang,
    iligaw nʼyo at ibagsak ang aking mga kaaway sa pamamagitan ng inyong kapangyarihan.
12 Nagkakasala sila dahil sa kasamaan ng kanilang sinasabi.
Mahuli sana sila sa kanilang kayabangan.
Nagmumura sila at nagsisinungaling,
13 kaya sa inyong galit, lipulin nʼyo sila hanggang sa silaʼy maglaho.
    Sa gayon ay malalaman ng buong mundo na kayo, O Dios, ang naghahari sa Israel.
14 Bumabalik ang mga kaaway ko kapag gabi at tumatahol
    gaya ng aso habang naglilibot sila sa bayan.
15 Naglilibot sila para humanap ng pagkain at umaalulong kapag hindi nabusog.
16 Ngunit ako ay aawit tungkol sa inyong kapangyarihan.
    Tuwing umaga aawit ako nang may kagalakan tungkol sa inyong pag-ibig.
    Sapagkat kayo ang aking kanlungan sa oras ng kagipitan.
17 O Dios, kayo ang aking kalakasan.
    Aawit ako ng mga papuri sa inyo,
    dahil kayo ang aking kanlungan at Dios na sa akin ay nagmamahal.

This is for the music leader, and he should use special music.

David wrote this prayer when King Saul sent men to catch David at his house and murder him.

A prayer[a]

59 My God, please save me from my enemies!
They are attacking me,
    so please keep me safe from them.
Rescue me from those dangerous men,
    who are doing evil things.
Look at them! They are waiting to kill me!
    Cruel men are ready to attack me.
Lord, I have not done anything against them,
    but they still want to kill me.
I have done nothing that is wrong,
    but they are preparing to attack me.
Do something to help me!
    Look at what they are doing!
For you are the Lord God Almighty,
    the God that Israel serves.
Get up and punish all the foreign nations.
Do not forgive any wicked people
    who have turned against us.
Selah.
Those bad people come back to the city every evening.
They go from place to place,
    and they cry out like dogs.
They shout evil things,
    and their words hurt like swords.
They think, ‘Nobody can hear what we say!’
But Lord, you laugh at them.
    You laugh at all the foreign nations.
I will wait for you to help me,
    because you are the one who gives me strength.
You, God, are the strong place
    where I will be safe.
10 Yes God, you love me with a faithful love,
    and you will come to help me.
God will let me see that he has won against my enemies.
11 Do not kill them yet,
    or my people will soon forget.
Use your power to send them away without homes.
    Then make them fall!
You are our Lord
    who keeps us safe like a soldier's shield.
12 They speak bad words that are evil.
Let their own pride catch them in a trap,
    because they curse people,
    and they tell lies.
13 Because you are angry with them,
    destroy them!
Destroy them completely,
    so that they are no more.
Then everybody will know that God rules in Israel,
    and he rules everywhere in the earth.
Selah.
14 Those bad people come back to the city every evening.
They go from place to place,
    and they cry out like dogs.
15 They go from place to place
    and they look for food to eat.
They will not rest until they are full.
16 But I will sing to praise you.
    I will sing about your strength!
In the morning,
    I will praise you for your faithful love.
Because you are the strong place where I can hide.
When I am in trouble,
    you keep me safe.
17 You are the one who gives me strength.
    I will sing songs to praise you.
You, God, are my strong, safe place.
You are the God who loves me with a faithful love.

Footnotes

  1. 59:1 See 1 Samuel 19:8-18.