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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Arise, O LORD! Confront him, subdue him! Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness. |
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