| 1: Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from
them that rise up against me. |
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| 2: Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from
bloody men. |
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| 3:
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered
against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. |
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| 4: They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to
help me, and behold. |
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| 5: Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake
to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors.
Selah. |
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| 6: They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go
round about the city. |
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| 7: Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their
lips: for who, say they, doth hear? |
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| 8: But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the
heathen in derision. |
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| 9: Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my
defence. |
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| 10: The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my
desire upon mine enemies. |
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| 11: Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy
power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. |
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| 12: For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let
them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they
speak. |
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| 13: Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be:
and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.
Selah. |
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| 14: And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise
like a dog, and go round about the city. |
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| 15: Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be
not satisfied. |
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| 16: But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy
mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the
day of my trouble. |
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| 17: Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence,
and the God of my mercy. |
