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

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11 Do not let the slanderer be established in the land;
    let evil speedily hunt down the violent!(A)

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Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
    protect me from the violent
    who have planned my downfall.(A)

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Psalm 140

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

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

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14 O God, the insolent rise up against me;
    a band of ruffians seeks my life,
    and they do not set you before them.(A)

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Psalm 59

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

To the leader: Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam, when Saul ordered his house to be watched in order to kill him.

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
    protect me from those who rise up against me.(A)
Deliver me from those who work evil;
    from the bloodthirsty, save me.(B)

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16 Their mischief returns upon their own heads,
    and on their own heads their violence descends.(A)

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Therefore God exalted him even more highly
    and gave him the name
    that is above every other name,(A)

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13 You have a mighty arm;
    strong is your hand, high your right hand.(A)

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27 All the ends of the earth shall remember
    and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    shall worship before him.[a](A)
28 For dominion belongs to the Lord,
    and he rules over the nations.(B)

29 To him,[b] indeed, shall all who sleep in[c] the earth bow down;
    before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
    and I shall live for him.[d](C)
30 Posterity will serve him;
    future generations will be told about the Lord(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 22.27 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb you
  2. 22.29 Cn: Heb They have eaten and
  3. 22.29 Cn: Heb all the fat ones
  4. 22.29 Compare Gk Syr Vg: Heb and he who cannot keep himself alive