1 Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies A Hab. 3:1 Meditation of David, which he sang to the Lord 2 Sam. 16 concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; Ps. 31:15 Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me,
2 Ps. 57:4; Is. 38:13 Lest they tear me like a lion, Ps. 50:22 Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O Lord my God, 2 Sam. 16:7 if I have done this: If there is 1 Sam. 24:11 iniquity in my hands,
4 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, Or 1 Sam. 24:7; 26:9 have plundered my enemy without cause,
5 Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor in the dust. Selah
6 Arise, O Lord , in Your anger; Ps. 94:2 Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Ps. 35:23; 44:23 Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded!
7 So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You; For their sakes, therefore, return on high.
8 The Lord shall judge the peoples; Ps. 26:1; 35:24; 43:1 Judge me, O Lord , Ps. 18:20; 35:24 according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; (1 Sam. 16:7) For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
10 My defense is of God, Who saves the Ps. 97:10, 11; 125:4 upright in heart.
11 God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day.
12 If he does not turn back, He will Deut. 32:41 sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.
13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.
14 Job 15:35; Is. 59:4; (James 1:15) Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit and dug it out, (Job 4:8); Ps. 57:6 And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 Esth. 9:25; Ps. 140:9 His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.
17 I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.