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| 1 To the Overseer. 'Destroy not,' by David. A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. |
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| Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high. |
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| 2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me. |
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| 3 For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah. |
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| 4 Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see. |
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| 5 And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah. |
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| 6 They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city. |
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| 7 Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for 'Who heareth ' |
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| 8 And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations. |
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| 9 O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower the God of my kindness. |
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| 10 God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies. |
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| 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield. |
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| 12 The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount. |
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| 13 Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah. |
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| 14 And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city. |
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| 15 They they wander for food, If they are not satisfied then they murmur. |
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| 16 And I I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity. |
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| 17 O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness! |
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