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11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty, fearsome one; therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail. They shall be greatly ashamed, for they shall not prosper; their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
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But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
12 But, O LORD of hosts, who triest the righteous and seest the reins and the heart, let me see Thy vengeance on them, for unto Thee have I opened my cause.
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LORD Almighty, you who examine the righteous and probe the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.
13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD; for He hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
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Sing to the LORD! Give praise to the LORD! He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of the wicked.
14 Cursed be the day wherein I was born; let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed.
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Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, "A manchild is born unto thee," making him very glad.
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Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, who made him very glad, saying, “A child is born to you—a son!”
16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear the cry in the morning and the shouting at noontide,
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May that man be like the towns the LORD overthrew without pity. May he hear wailing in the morning, a battle cry at noon.
17 because he slew me not from the womb, or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
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For he did not kill me in the womb, with my mother as my grave, her womb enlarged forever.
18 Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?
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