| 1: Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my
supplication. |
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| 2: Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make
a noise; |
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| 3:
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression
of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate
me. |
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| 4: My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death
are fallen upon me. |
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| 5: Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath
overwhelmed me. |
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| 6: And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I
fly away, and be at rest. |
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| 7: Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness.
Selah. |
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| 8: I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
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| 9: Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen
violence and strife in the city. |
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| 10: Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:
mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. |
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| 11: Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart
not from her streets. |
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| 12: For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have
borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself
against me; then I would have hid myself from him: |
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| 13: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine
acquaintance. |
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| 14: We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of
God in company. |
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| 15: Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into
hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. |
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| 16: As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
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| 17: Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry
aloud: and he shall hear my voice. |
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| 18: He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was
against me: for there were many with me. |
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| 19: God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of
old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
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| 20: He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with
him: he hath broken his covenant. |
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| 21: The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was
in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn
swords. |
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| 22: Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he
shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
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| 23: But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of
destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their
days; but I will trust in thee. |
