Deliver me from my enemies, O God

Portion For Reading Psalm 58-60
Psalm 58
Do you rulers indeed speak justly?
Do you judge uprightly among men?

No, in your heart you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.

Then men will say,
"Surely the righteous still are rewarded;
surely there is a God who judges the earth."

Psalm 59
Deliver me from my enemies, O God;
protect me from those who rise up against me.

See how they lie in wait for me!
Fierce men conspire against me
for no offense or sin of mine, O LORD.

See what they spew from their mouths—
they spew out swords from their lips,
and they say, "Who can hear us?"

But you, O LORD, laugh at them;
you scoff at all those nations.

O my Strength, I watch for you;
you, O God, are my fortress, 10 my loving God.
God will go before me
and will let me gloat over those who slander me.

But do not kill them, O Lord our shield,
or my people will forget.
In your might make them wander about,
and bring them down.

But I will sing of your strength,
in the morning I will sing of your love;
for you are my fortress,
my refuge in times of trouble.

O my Strength, I sing praise to you;
you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.

Psalm 60

You have rejected us, O God, and burst forth upon us;
you have been angry-now restore us!

You have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend its fractures, for it is quaking.

Save us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.

God has spoken from his sanctuary:
"In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Succoth

Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?

Is it not you, O God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?

Give us aid against the enemy,
for the help of man is worthless.

With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.

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Vindicate me, O God

Portion for Reading Psalms 43-45

Psalm 43
Vindicate me, O God,
and plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
rescue me from deceitful and wicked men.

You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?

Send forth your light and your truth,
let them guide me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you dwell.

Psalm 44
We have heard with our ears, O God;
our fathers have told us
what you did in their days,
in days long ago.

With your hand you drove out the nations
and planted our fathers;
you crushed the peoples
and made our fathers flourish.

but you give us victory over our enemies,
you put our adversaries to shame.

In God we make our boast all day long,
and we will praise your name forever.
Selah

But now you have rejected and humbled us;
you no longer go out with our armies.

You gave us up to be devoured like sheep
and have scattered us among the nations.

My disgrace is before me all day long,
and my face is covered with shame

All this happened to us,
though we had not forgotten you
or been false to your covenant.

Our hearts had not turned back;
our feet had not strayed from your path.

If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?

Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.

Why do you hide your face
and forget our misery and oppression?

We are brought down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.

Rise up and help us;
redeem us because of your unfailing love.

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