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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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or they will tear me like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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O LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands -
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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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then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust.
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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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Let the assembled peoples gather around you. Rule over them from on high;
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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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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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My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.
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God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.
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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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He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
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He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.
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He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.
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The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.
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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.
O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence
of the wicked and make the righteous secure.