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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. God, listen to my prayer and do not ignore my plea for help. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint, |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3because of the enemy's voice, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster on me and harass me in anger. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I said, "If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7How far away I would flee; I would stay in the wilderness. Selah |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I would hurry to my shelter from the raging wind and the storm." |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city; |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10day and night they make the rounds on its walls. Crime and trouble are within it; |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11destruction is inside it; oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Now it is not an enemy who insults me-- otherwise I could bear it; it is not a foe who rises up against me-- otherwise I could hide from him. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But it is you, a man who is my peer, my companion and good friend! |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14We used to have close fellowship; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I complain and groan morning, noon, and night, and He hears my voice. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Though many are against me, He will redeem me from my battle unharmed. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19God, the One enthroned from long ago, will hear and will humiliate them Selah because they do not change and do not fear God. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My friend acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Cast your burden on the LORD, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23God, You will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and treachery will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You. |
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