Psalms 17:13

He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

Yahweh has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

who brings me away from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them, because they put their trust in him.

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, “Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.

“ ‘Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! Your doom has gone out. The rod has blossomed. Pride has budded.

him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

Your right hand, Yahweh, is glorious in power. Your right hand, Yahweh, dashes the enemy in pieces.

The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’

“God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.

Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.

Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.

Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!

You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.

Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.

Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.

I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.

I will not die, but live, and declare Yah’s works.

Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man:

Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.

Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’

I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.

Awake, awake! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from Yahweh’s hand the cup of his wrath. You have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?

For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”

Don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant,” says Yahweh; “for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.”

“You are my battle ax and weapons of war. With you I will break the nations into pieces. With you I will destroy kingdoms.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

“As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.”

He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.

and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.

Because he has despised Yahweh’s word, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall be utterly cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.’ ”

She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?

God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors.

Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your chest and consume them!

when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth.

Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!

Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.

Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.

For through Yahweh’s voice the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod.

“ ‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us?” But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.

Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.

How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

But you have turned away from the path. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,” says Yahweh of Armies.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

There happened to be there a wicked fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”

Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

For you will save the afflicted people, but the arrogant eyes you will bring down.

Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.

My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

Yahweh helps them and rescues them. He rescues them from the wicked and saves them, because they have taken refuge in him.

Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.

Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.

Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.

They come from a far country, from the uttermost part of heaven, even Yahweh, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.

“ ‘Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.

Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

“ ‘You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’

Tell the land of Israel, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before the king of Babylon with the groaning of a mortally wounded man.

Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.

to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.

Another came out: a red horse. To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.