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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3They make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have planned to trip up my feet. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I say to the LORD, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O LORD! |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them! |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise! |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily! |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name; the upright shall dwell in your presence. |
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