³ Look! They are waiting to kill me;
    cruel people are gathering against me.
It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done,
⁴     nor because of any fault of mine, O Lord,
    that they hurry to their places.

⁵ Rise, Lord God Almighty, and come to my aid;
    see for yourself, God of Israel!
Wake up and punish the heathen;
    show no mercy to evil traitors!

⁶ They come back in the evening,
    snarling like dogs as they go about the city.
⁷ Listen to their insults and threats.
Their tongues are like swords in their mouths,
    yet they think that no one hears them.

⁸ But you laugh at them, Lord;
    you mock all the heathen.
⁹ I have confidence in your strength;
    you are my refuge, O God.
¹⁰ My God loves me and will come to me;
    he will let me see my enemies defeated.

¹¹ Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget.
    Scatter them by your strength and defeat them,
    O Lord, our protector.
¹² Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful;
    may they be caught in their pride!
Because they curse and lie,
¹³     destroy them in your anger;
    destroy them completely.
Then everyone will know that God rules in Israel,
    that his rule extends over all the earth.

¹⁴ My enemies come back in the evening,
    snarling like dogs as they go about the city,
¹⁵     like dogs roaming about for food
    and growling if they do not find enough.

¹⁶ But I will sing about your strength;
    every morning I will sing aloud of your constant love.
You have been a refuge for me,
    a shelter in my time of trouble.
¹⁷ I will praise you, my defender.
    My refuge is God,
    the God who loves me.