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[1]Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.
[2]Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;
[3]because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.
[4]My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.
[5]Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.
[6]And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.
[7]Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.
[8]I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.
[9]Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying in the city.
[10]Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness are in the midst of it;
[11]and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.
[12]For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated me had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.
[13]But thou, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance,
[14]who in companionship with me sweetened our food: we walked in the house of God in concord.
[15]Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.
[16]I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me.
[17]Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known my wants: and he shall hear my voice.
[18]He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many cases.
[19]God shall hear, and bring them low, even he that has existed from eternity. Pause.
[20]He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.
[21]They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.
[22]Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
[23]But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.
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