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1 LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
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A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”
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many are saying of me, 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 LORD, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
4 I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
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I cry aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy hill. [Selah]
5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
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I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
6 I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side.
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I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who 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 LORD! Deliver me, O my God! For thou dost smite all my enemies on the cheek, thou dost break the teeth of the wicked.
8 From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.
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Deliverance belongs to the LORD; thy blessing be upon thy people! [Selah]
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