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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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1 O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue 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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2 or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
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3 O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on 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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4 if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe--
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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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5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep 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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6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
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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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7 Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from 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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8 let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
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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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9 O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
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10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
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10 My shield is God Most High, who saves 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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11 God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath 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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12 If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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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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13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
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14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
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14 He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
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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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15 He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has 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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16 The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
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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.
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17 I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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