42 lines
1.5 KiB
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42 lines
1.5 KiB
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# Chapter 7
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1 I come to you for protection, O Lord my God.
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Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
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2 If you don’t, they will maul me like a lion,
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tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.
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3 O Lord my God, if I have done wrong
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or am guilty of injustice,
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4 if I have betrayed a friend
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or plundered my enemy without cause,
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5 then let my enemies capture me.
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Let them trample me into the ground
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and drag my honor in the dust. Interlude
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6 Arise, O Lord, in anger!
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Stand up against the fury of my enemies!
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Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
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7 Gather the nations before you.
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Rule over them from on high.
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8 The Lord judges the nations.
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Declare me righteous, O Lord,
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for I am innocent, O Most High!
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9 End the evil of those who are wicked,
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and defend the righteous.
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For you look deep within the mind and heart,
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O righteous God.
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10 God is my shield,
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saving those whose hearts are true and right.
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11 God is an honest judge.
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He is angry with the wicked every day.
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12 If a person does not repent,
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God will sharpen his sword;
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he will bend and string his bow.
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13 He will prepare his deadly weapons
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and shoot his flaming arrows.
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14 The wicked conceive evil;
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they are pregnant with trouble
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and give birth to lies.
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15 They dig a deep pit to trap others,
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then fall into it themselves.
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16 The trouble they make for others backfires on them.
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The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
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17 I will thank the Lord because he is just;
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I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. |