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- <To the chief music-maker;
put to Jonath elem rehokim.
Of David.
Michtam.
When the Philistines took him in Gath.>
Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction;
every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
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- My haters are ever ready to put an end to me;
great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
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- In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
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- In God will I give praise to his word;
in God have I put my hope;
I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.
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- Every day they make wrong use of my words;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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- They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
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- By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment.
In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.
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- You have seen my wanderings;
put the drops from my eyes into your bottle;
are they not in your record?
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- When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back;
I am certain of this, for God is with me.
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- In God will I give praise to his word;
in the Lord will I give praise to his word.
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- In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.
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- I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God;
I will give you the offerings of praise.
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- Because you have taken my soul from the power of death;
and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.
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