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O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
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GOD! GOD! I am running to you for dear life; the chase is wild.
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O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
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O LORD my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me,
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I come to you for protection, O LORD my God. Save me from my persecutors--rescue me!
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Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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If they catch me, I'm finished: ripped to shreds by foes fierce as lions, dragged into the forest and left unlooked for, unremembered.
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or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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If you don't, they will maul me like a lion, tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
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GOD, if I've done what they say--
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O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands-
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O LORD my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,
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O LORD my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,
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If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
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betrayed my friends, ripped off my enemies--If my hands are really that dirty,
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if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe-
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If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause,
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if I have betrayed a friend or plundered my enemy without cause,
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Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
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let them get me, walk all over me, leave me flat on my face in the dirt.
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then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. Selah
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Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample my life to the earth, And lay my honor in the dust.Selah
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then let my enemies capture me. Let them trample me into the ground. Let my honor be left in the dust.
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Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
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Stand up, GOD; pit your holy fury against my furious enemies. Wake up, God.
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Arise, O LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice.
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Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded!
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Arise, O LORD, in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
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So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
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My accusers have packed the courtroom; it's judgment time.
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Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
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So the congregation of the peoples shall surround You; For their sakes, therefore, return on high.
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Gather the nations before you. Sit on your throne high above them.
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The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
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Take your place on the bench, reach for your gavel, throw out the false charges against me. I'm ready, confident in your verdict: "Innocent."
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let the LORD judge the peoples. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.
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The LORD shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, And according to my integrity within me.
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The LORD passes judgment on the nations. Declare me righteous, O LORD, for I am innocent, O Most High!
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Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
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Close the book on Evil, GOD, but publish your mandate for us. You get us ready for life: you probe for our soft spots, you knock off our rough edges.
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O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.
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Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.
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End the wickedness of the ungodly, but help all those who obey you. For you look deep within the mind and heart, O righteous God.
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My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
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And I'm feeling so fit, so safe: made right, kept right.
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My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
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My defense is of God, Who saves the upright in heart.
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God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are true and right.
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God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
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God in solemn honor does things right, but his nerves are sandpapered raw. Nobody gets by with anything.
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God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
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God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day.
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God is a judge who is perfectly fair. He is angry with the wicked every day.
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If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
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God is already in action--Sword honed on his whetstone, bow strung, arrow on the string,
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If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready.
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If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
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He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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Lethal weapons in hand, each arrow a flaming missile.
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He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
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He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.
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He will prepare his deadly weapons and ignite his flaming arrows.
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Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
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Look at that guy! He had sex with sin, he's pregnant with evil. Oh, look! He's having the baby--a Lie-Baby!
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He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
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Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
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The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.
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He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
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See that man shoveling day after day, digging, then concealing, his man-trap down that lonely stretch of road? Go back and look again--you'll see him in it headfirst, legs waving in the breeze.
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He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
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He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
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They dig a pit to trap others and then fall into it themselves.
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His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
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That's what happens: mischief backfires; violence boomerangs.
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The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
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His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.
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They make trouble, but it backfires on them. They plan violence for others, but it falls on their own heads.
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I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
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I'm thanking God, who makes things right. I'm singing the fame of heaven-high GOD.
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I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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I will praise the LORD according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
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I will thank the LORD because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.