<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;May my enemy be like the wicked,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my adversary<n id="2" /> like the unrighteous.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1510; (<i>Tsadei>)p> <p class="poetry">For no good reason<n id="1" /> my enemiesp> <p class="poetry">hunted me down<n id="2" /> like a bird.p>

<p class="poetry">I chase my enemies and destroy them;p> <p class="poetry">I do not turn back until I wipe them out.p>

<p class="poetry">Protect me from<n id="1" /> the wicked men who attack<n id="2" /> me,p> <p class="poetry">my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I called<n id="1" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>, who is worthy of praise,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and I was delivered from my enemies.p>

<p class="poetry">Come near me and redeem me!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Because of my enemies, rescue me!p>

and called David&#8217;s enemies to account.&#8221; So Jonathan made a covenant<n id="1" /> with the house of David.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">May all my enemies be humiliated<n id="1" /> and absolutely terrified!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!p>

<p class="poetry">Then<n id="1" /> my enemy will say, &#8220;I have defeated him!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Then<n id="2" /> my foes will rejoice because I am upended.p>

<p class="poetry">My God, I trust in you.p> <p class="poetry">Please do not let me be humiliated;p> <p class="poetry">do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!p>

<p class="poetry">Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason<n id="1" /> gloat<n id="2" /> over me!p> <p class="poetry">Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">By this<n id="1" /> I know that you are pleased with me,p> <p class="poetry">for my enemy does<n id="2" /> not triumph<n id="3" /> over me.p>

<p class="poetry">Even when I must walk in the midst of danger,<n id="1" /> you revive me.p> <p class="poetry">You oppose my angry enemies,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and your right hand delivers me.p>

<p class="poetry">As a demonstration of your loyal love,<n id="1" /> destroy my enemies!p> <p class="poetry">Annihilate<n id="2" /> all who threaten my life,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for I am your servant.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary<n id="1" /> you have only blessed them!&#8221;<n id="2" />

Don&#8217;t ever cut off your loyalty to my family, not even when the <sc>Lordsc> has cut off every one of David&#8217;s enemies from the face of the earth

<p class="bodytext">When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends, saying, &#8220;Here&#8217;s a gift<n id="1" /> for you from the looting of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s enemies!&#8221;

Nonetheless, because you have treated the <sc>Lordsc> with such contempt<n id="1" /> in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him,<n id="1" /> &#8220;So, you have found me, my enemy!&#8221; Elijah<n id="2" /> replied, &#8220;I have found you, because you are committed<n id="3" /> to doing evil in the sight of<n id="4" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.

<p class="poetry">Rise up,<n id="1" /> <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Deliver me, my God!p> <p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="2" /> you will strike<n id="3" /> all my enemies on the jaw;p> <p class="poetry">you will break the teeth<n id="4" /> of the wicked.<n id="5" />p>