1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me. 2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed. 3 See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
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