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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1LORD, I call to you; my rock, do not be deaf to me. If you remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Pit. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Listen to the sound of my pleading when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Do not drag me away with the wicked, with the evildoers, who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors while malice is in their hearts. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Repay them according to what they have done--according to the evil of their deeds. Repay them according to the work of their hands; give them back what they deserve. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Because they do not consider what the LORD has done or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and not rebuild them. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Blessed be the LORD, for he has heard the sound of my pleading. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart celebrates, and I give thanks to him with my song. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The LORD is the strength of his people; he is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Save your people, bless your possession, shepherd them, and carry them forever. |
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