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Of David. O ETERNAL One, strive with my adversaries, give battle to my foes,

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take up shield and buckler, and come to my defense;

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ready the spear and javelin against my pursuers; tell me, u201cI am your deliverance.u201d

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Let those who seek my life be frustrated and put to shame; let those who plan to harm me fall back in disgrace.

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Let them be as chaff in the wind, GODu2019s angel driving them on.

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Let their path be dark and slippery, with GODu2019s angel in pursuit.

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For without cause they hid a net to trap me; without cause they dug a pit for me.

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Let disaster overtake them unawares; let the net they hid catch them; let them fall into it when disaster [strikes].

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Then shall I exult in GOD, rejoice in having been delivered.

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All my bones shall say, u201cETERNAL One, who is like You? You save a pauper from someone stronger, a needy pauper from a despoiler.u201d

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Malicious witnesses appear who question me about things I do not know.

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They repay me evil for good, [seeking] my bereavement.

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Yet, when they were ill, my dress was sackcloth, I kept a fastu2014 may what I prayed for happen to me!

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I walked about as though it were my friend or my kin; I was bowed with gloom, like one mourning for a mother.

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But when I stumble, they gleefully gather; wretches gather against me, I know not why; they tear at me without end.

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With impious, mocking grimace they gnash their teeth at me.

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O my Sovereign, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their attacks, my precious life, from the lions,

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that I may praise You in a great congregation, acclaim You in a mighty throng.

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Let not my treacherous enemies rejoice over me, or those who hate me without reason wink their eyes.

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For they do not offer amity, but devise fraudulent schemes against harmless folk.

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They open wide their mouths at me, saying, u201cAha, aha, we have seen it!u201d

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You have seen it, O ETERNAL One; do not hold aloof! O my Sovereign, be not far from me!

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Wake, rouse Yourself for my cause, for my claim, O my God and my Sovereign!

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Take up my cause, O my ETERNAL God, as You are beneficent, and let them not rejoice over me.

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Let them not think, u201cAha, just what we wished!u201d Let them not say, u201cWe have destroyed him!u201d

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May those who rejoice at my misfortune be frustrated and utterly disgraced; may those who vaunt themselves over me be clad in frustration and shame.

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May those who desire my vindication sing forth joyously; may they always say, u201cExtolled be GOD who desires the well-being of one who renders service,u201d

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while my tongue shall recite Your beneficent acts, Your praises all day long.