# Psalm 59 (New King James Version)
The Assured Judgment of the Wicked

##### Chapter 59
###### 1 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;  
Defend me from those who rise up against me.  

###### 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,  
And save me from bloodthirsty men.

###### 3 For look, they lie in wait for my life;  
The mighty gather against me,  
Not _for_ my transgression nor _for_ my sin, O Lord.  

###### 4 They run and prepare themselves through no fault _of mine._
Awake to help me, and behold!  

###### 5 You therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel,  
Awake to punish all the nations;  
Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. _Selah_

###### 6 At evening they return,  
They growl like a dog,  
And go all around the city.  

###### 7 Indeed, they belch with their mouth;  
Swords _are_ in their lips;  
For _they say,_ "Who hears?"

###### 8 But You, O Lord, shall laugh at them;  
You shall have all the nations in derision.  

###### 9 I will wait for You, O You his Strength;  
For God _is_ my defense.  

###### 10 My God of mercy shall come to meet me;  
God shall let me see _my desire_ on my enemies.

###### 11 Do not slay them, lest my people forget;  
Scatter them by Your power,  
And bring them down,  
O Lord our shield.  

###### 12 _For_ the sin of their mouth _and_ the words of their lips,  
Let them even be taken in their pride,  
And for the cursing and lying _which_ they speak.  

###### 13 Consume _them_ in wrath, consume _them,_  
That they _may_ not _be;_  
And let them know that God rules in Jacob  
To the ends of the earth. _Selah_

###### 14 And at evening they return,  
They growl like a dog,  
And go all around the city.  

###### 15 They wander up and down for food,  
And howl if they are not satisfied.

###### 16 But I will sing of Your power;  
Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in the morning;  
For You have been my defense  
And refuge in the day of my trouble.  

###### 17 To You, O my Strength, I will sing praises;  
For God _is_ my defense,  
My God of mercy.