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Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles thy name.
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Do not deliver the soul of thy dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of thy poor for ever.
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Have regard for thy covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.
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Let not the downtrodden be put to shame; let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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Arise, O God, plead thy cause; remember how the impious scoff at thee all the day!
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.