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O Lord my God, ain You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and bdeliver me,
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Or he will tear my soul alike a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver.
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O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is ainjustice in my hands,
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If I have arewarded evil to my friend, Or have bplundered him who without cause was my adversary,
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Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And lay my glory in the dust. Selah.
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aArise, O Lord, in Your anger; bLift up Yourself against cthe rage of my adversaries, And darouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment.
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Let the assembly of the apeoples encompass You, And over them return on high.
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The Lord ajudges the peoples; bVindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
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O let athe evil of the wicked come to an end, but bestablish the righteous; For the righteous God ctries the hearts and minds.
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My ashield is with God, Who bsaves the upright in heart.
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God is a arighteous judge, And a God who has bindignation every day.
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If a man adoes not repent, He will bsharpen His sword; He has cbent His bow and made it ready.
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He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His aarrows fiery shafts.
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Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he aconceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.
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He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has afallen into the hole which he made.
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His amischief will return upon his own head, And his bviolence will descend upon his own pate.
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I will give thanks to the Lord aaccording to His righteousness And will bsing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
