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By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.
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Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.
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For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;
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But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.
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We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.
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Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.
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As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.
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In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.
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He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.
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God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
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He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.