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59 God, you saw the wrongs heaped on me. Give me my day in court!
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LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!
60 Yes, you saw their mean-minded schemes, their plots to destroy me.
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You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.
61 "You heard, God, their vicious gossip, their behind-my-back plots to ruin me.
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LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62 They never quit, these enemies of mine, dreaming up mischief, hatching out malice, day after day after day.
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what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.
63 Sitting down or standing up - just look at them! - they mock me with vulgar doggerel.
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Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.
64 "Make them pay for what they've done, God. Give them their just deserts.
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Pay them back what they deserve, LORD, for what their hands have done.
65 Break their miserable hearts! Damn their eyes!
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Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them!
66 Get good and angry. Hunt them down. Make a total demolition here under your heaven!"
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Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
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