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              1  Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me;
            
            
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Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.            
            
              2 my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
            
            
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My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.            
            
              3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
            
            
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When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.            
            
              4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
            
            
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In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?            
            
              5 All day long they injure my cause;  all their thoughts are against me for evil.
            
            
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All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.            
            
              6 They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
            
            
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They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.            
            
              7 For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
            
            
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Because of their wickedness do not let them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down.            
            
              8 You have kept count of my tossings;  put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
            
            
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Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll — are they not in your record?            
            
              9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.
            
            
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Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.            
            
              10 In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise,
            
            
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In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise—            
            
              11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
            
            
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in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me?            
            
              12 I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.
            
            
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I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you.            
            
              13 For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
            
            
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For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.            
          
            
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