His raging anger lashed out against them, ¹  He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster. ² 

When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, ¹  it is so that they may be annihilated. ² 

They say to themselves, ¹  “We will oppress all of them.” ²  They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land. ³ 

All the nations surrounded me. ¹  Indeed, in the name of the Lord ²  I pushed them away. ³ 

May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! ¹  May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed! ² 

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; ²  a prayer ³  of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? ⁴  Do you judge people ⁵  fairly?

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply. ¹ 

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them! ¹ 

Yet ¹  God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. ²  He will scoop you up ³  and remove you from your home; ⁴  he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly ¹  as a fire among thorns. ²  Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

As for the actions of people ¹  – just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. ² 

Hurry and look ¹  at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! ² 

They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; ²  a psalm of Asaph; a song. We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks! You reveal your presence; ³  people tell about your amazing deeds.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; ²  a prayer ³  of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. ⁴  Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. ⁵  In the shadow of your wings ⁶  I take shelter until trouble passes.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; ²  a prayer ³  of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. ⁴  Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me ⁵  from those who attack me! ⁶ 

I chase my enemies and catch ¹  them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

They say, “Come on, let’s annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! ¹  Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more.”

Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah)