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1 Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
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Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.
2 From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!
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From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right.
3 You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
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If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.
4 With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
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As for what others do, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5 My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
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My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
6 I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.
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I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me, hear my words.
7 Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
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Wondrously show your steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,
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Guard me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,
9 from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.
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from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.
10 They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
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They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
11 They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground.
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They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.
12 He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
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They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
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Rise up, O Lord, confront them, overthrow them! By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,
14 from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
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from mortals—by your hand, O Lord— from mortals whose portion in life is in this world. May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their little ones.
15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
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As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.
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