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[1]O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me.
[2]Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.
[3]O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands;)
[4]if I have requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.
[5]Let the enemy persecute my soul, an take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.
[6]Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.
[7]And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return on high.
[8]The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me.
[9]Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.
[10]My help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart.
[11]God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.
[12]If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready.
[13]And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.
[14]Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.
[15]He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.
[16]His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.
[17]I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.
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