Psalm 59:1

Verse 1 of 17. The 59th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.

1Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

4They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

5Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.