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Lo, [then] I would wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.
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I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
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Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
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Wickedness [is] in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
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For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] magnified [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
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But [it was] thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.
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We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked to the house of God in company.
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Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
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As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.
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Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.