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Revised Standard Version RSV
1 Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.
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To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, "David is in hiding among us." Save me, O God, by thy name, and vindicate me by thy might.
2 Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
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Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 Arrogant foes are attacking me; ruthless people are trying to kill me— people without regard for God.
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For insolent men have risen against me, ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before them. [Selah]
4 Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.
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Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.
5 Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.
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He will requite my enemies with evil; in thy faithfulness put an end to them.
6 I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, LORD, for it is good.
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With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to thee; I will give thanks to thy name, O LORD, for it is good.
7 You have delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
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For thou hast delivered me from every trouble, and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.
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