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from suffocation in oppressive smoke rising from fires that I did not light;
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from death itself; from vicious slander reported to the king.
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I was once brought face-to-face with death;
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enemies surrounded me everywhere. I looked for someone to help me, but there was no one there.
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But then, O Lord, I remembered how merciful you are and what you had done in times past. I remembered that you rescue those who rely on you, that you save them from their enemies.