| 1: O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all
them that persecute me, and deliver me: |
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| 2: Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while
there is none to deliver. |
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O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my
hands; |
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| 4: If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;
(yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) |
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| 5: Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him
tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust.
Selah. |
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| 6: Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the
rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast
commanded. |
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| 7: So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about:
for their sakes therefore return thou on high. |
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| 8: The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according
to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
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| 9: Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
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| 10: My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
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| 11: God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked
every day. |
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| 12: If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow,
and made it ready. |
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| 13: He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he
ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. |
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| 14: Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived
mischief, and brought forth falsehood. |
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| 15: He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch
which he made. |
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| 16: His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing shall come down upon his own pate. |
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| 17: I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and
will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. |
