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8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm [and] tempest.
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I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”
9 Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
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Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.
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Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.
11 Wickedness [is] in the midst of it: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
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Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.
12 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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If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.
13 But [it was] thou, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance.
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But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,
14 We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked to the house of God in company.
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with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers.
15 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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Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.
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As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.
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Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.
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He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
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