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56 You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading! Hear my cry for help!”
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You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.”
57 Yes, you came when I called; you told me, “Do not fear.”
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You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”
58 Lord, you are my lawyer! Plead my case! For you have redeemed my life.
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You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life.
59 You have seen the wrong they have done to me, LORD . Be my judge, and prove me right.
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LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!
60 You have seen the vengeful plots my enemies have laid against me.
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You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.
61 LORD, you have heard the vile names they call me. You know all about the plans they have made.
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LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62 My enemies whisper and mutter as they plot against me all day long.
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what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.
63 Look at them! Whether they sit or stand, I am the object of their mocking songs.
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Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.
64 Pay them back, LORD, for all the evil they have done.
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Pay them back what they deserve, LORD, for what their hands have done.
65 Give them hard and stubborn hearts, and then let your curse fall on them!
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Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them!
66 Chase them down in your anger, destroying them beneath the LORD ’s heavens.
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Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
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