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- ¶ DELIVER me from mine enemies, O God;
defend me from them that rise up against me.
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- Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
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- For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul;
evil have they multiplied against me; not because I have transgressed or because I have sinned, O LORD.
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- They run and prepare themselves against me without considering whether I have been at fault;
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- Awake to help me, and behold, O thou LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the nations, and spare not any wicked transgressors.
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- They return at evening;
they make a noise like dogs, and go round about the city.
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- Behold, they belch out with their mouths;
swords are in their lips; for who, say they, does care?
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- ¶ But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them;
thou shalt have all the nations in derision.
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- To thee shall I give praise, O God, for thou art my defense.
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- O God, thy lovingkindness has preceded me;
God has let me live to see my enemies avenged.
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- Spare them for a living example, lest my people forget;
but scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O LORD my hope.
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- For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips.
let them even be taken in their pride; for it is cursing and lying that they speak.
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- Consume them in thy wrath, consume them, that they be no more, that they may know that God rules over Jacob and over the ends of the earth.
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- And at evening let them return;
and let them make a noise like dogs, and go round about the city.
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- Let them be hungry and not be filled, neither let them find a lodging place.
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- But I will sing of thy power;
yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning; for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
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- Unto thee, O God, will I sing;
for thou art God of my refuge and the God of my mercy.
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