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1 LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
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Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.
2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”
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Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. [Selah
3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
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But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
4 I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
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I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. [Selah
5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
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I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me.
6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.
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I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people That have set themselves against me round about.
7 Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
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Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
8 From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.
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Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah: Thy blessing be upon thy people. [Selah
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