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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.
Selah
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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.
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