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1 Rescue me from evil people, LORD! Guard me from violent people
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1 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence,
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2 who plot evil things in their hearts, who pick fights every single day!
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2 who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
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3 They sharpen their tongues like a snake's; spider poison is on their lips. Selah
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3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips. "Selah"
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4 Protect me from the power of the wicked, LORD! Guard me from violent people who plot to trip me up!
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4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet.
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5 Arrogant people have laid a trap for me with ropes. They've spread out a net alongside the road. They've set snares for me. Selah
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5 Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path. "Selah"
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6 I tell the LORD, "You are my God! Listen to my request for mercy, LORD!"
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6 O LORD, I say to you, "You are my God." Hear, O LORD, my cry for mercy.
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7 My LORD God, my strong saving help— you've protected my head on the day of battle.
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7 O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle--
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8 LORD, don't give the wicked what they want! Don't allow their plans to succeed, or they'll exalt themselves even more! Selah
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8 do not grant the wicked their desires, O LORD; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. "Selah"
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9 Let the heads of the people surrounding me be covered with the trouble their own lips caused!
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9 Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.
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10 Let burning coals fall on them! Let them fall into deep pits and never get out again!
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10 Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.
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11 Let no slanderer be safe in the land. Let calamity hunt down violent people—and quickly!
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11 Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.
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12 I know that the LORD will take up the case of the poor and will do what is right for the needy.
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12 I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
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13 Yes, the righteous will give thanks to your name, and those who do right will live in your presence.
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13 Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.
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