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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I would flee far away and stay in the desert; |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change-- he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you. |
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