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1 Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men,
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1 Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; protect me from men of violence,
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2 who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.
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2 who devise evil plans in their hearts and stir up war every day.
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3 They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. 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 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet.
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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 The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have 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 say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O 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 O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in 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 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! 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 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
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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 upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise!
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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 not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
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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 maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice 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 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell 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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