| Chapter 139 |
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Unto the end, a psalm for David. |
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Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man. |
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Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles. |
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They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips. |
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Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps. |
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the proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside. |
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I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication. |
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O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle. |
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Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph. |
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The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them. |
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Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand. |
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A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction. |
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I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor. |
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But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance. |
