<[A Psalm] of David.> <H1732> Plead <H7378> [my cause], O LORD, <H3068> with them that strive <H3401> with me: fight <H3898> against them that fight <H3898> against me.
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Take hold <H2388> of shield <H4043> and buckler, <H6793> and stand up <H6965> for mine help. <H5833>
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Draw out <H7324> also the spear, <H2595> and stop <H5462> [the way] against <H7125> them that persecute <H7291> me: say <H0559> unto my soul, <H5315> I [am] thy salvation. <H3444>
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Let them be confounded <H0954> and put to shame <H3637> that seek <H1245> after my soul: <H5315> let them be turned <H5472> back <H0268> and brought to confusion <H2659> that devise <H2803> my hurt. <H7451>
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Let them be as chaff <H4671> before <H6440> the wind: <H7307> and let the angel <H4397> of the LORD <H3068> chase <H1760> [them].
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Let their way <H1870> be dark <H2822> and slippery: <H2519> and let the angel <H4397> of the LORD <H3068> persecute <H7291> them.
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For without cause <H2600> have they hid <H2934> for me their net <H7568> [in] a pit, <H7845> [which] without cause <H2600> they have digged <H2658> for my soul. <H5315>
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Let destruction <H7722> come <H0935> upon him at unawares; <H3045> <H3808> and let his net <H7568> that he hath hid <H2934> catch <H3920> himself: into that very destruction <H7722> let him fall. <H5307>
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And my soul <H5315> shall be joyful <H1523> in the LORD: <H3068> it shall rejoice <H7797> in his salvation. <H3444>
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All my bones <H6106> shall say, <H0559> LORD, <H3068> who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest <H5337> the poor <H6041> from him that is too strong <H2389> for him, yea, the poor <H6041> and the needy <H0034> from him that spoileth <H1497> him?
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False <H2555> witnesses <H5707> did rise up; <H6965> they laid to my charge <H7592> [things] that I knew <H3045> not.
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They rewarded <H7999> me evil <H7451> for good <H2896> [to] the spoiling <H7908> of my soul. <H5315>
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But as for me, when they were sick, <H2470> my clothing <H3830> [was] sackcloth: <H8242> I humbled <H6031> my soul <H5315> with fasting; <H6685> and my prayer <H8605> returned <H7725> into mine own bosom. <H2436>
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I behaved <H1980> myself as though [he had been] my friend <H7453> [or] brother: <H0251> I bowed down <H7817> heavily, <H6937> as one that mourneth <H0057> [for his] mother. <H0517>
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But in mine adversity <H6761> they rejoiced, <H8055> and gathered <H0622> themselves together: [yea], the abjects <H5222> gathered <H0622> themselves together against me, and I knew <H3045> [it] not; they did tear <H7167> [me], and ceased <H1826> not:
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With hypocritical <H2611> mockers <H3934> in feasts, <H4580> they gnashed <H2786> upon me with their teeth. <H8127>
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Lord, <H0136> how long wilt thou look on? <H7200> rescue <H7725> my soul <H5315> from their destructions, <H7722> my darling <H3173> from the lions. <H3715>
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I will give thee thanks <H3034> in the great <H7227> congregation: <H6951> I will praise <H1984> thee among much <H6099> people. <H5971>
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Let not them that are mine enemies <H0341> wrongfully <H8267> rejoice <H8055> over me: [neither] let them wink <H7169> with the eye <H5869> that hate <H8130> me without a cause. <H2600>
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For they speak <H1696> not peace: <H7965> but they devise <H2803> deceitful <H4820> matters <H1697> against [them that are] quiet <H7282> in the land. <H0776>
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Yea, they opened their mouth <H6310> wide <H7337> against me, [and] said, <H0559> Aha, <H1889> aha, <H1889> our eye <H5869> hath seen <H7200> [it].
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[This] thou hast seen, <H7200> O LORD: <H3068> keep not silence: <H2790> O Lord, <H0136> be not far <H7368> from me.
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Stir up <H5782> thyself, and awake <H6974> to my judgment, <H4941> [even] unto my cause, <H7379> my God <H0430> and my Lord. <H0136>
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Judge <H8199> me, O LORD <H3068> my God, <H0430> according to thy righteousness; <H6664> and let them not rejoice <H8055> over me.
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Let them not say <H0559> in their hearts, <H3820> Ah, <H1889> so would we have it: <H5315> let them not say, <H0559> We have swallowed him up. <H1104>
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Let them be ashamed <H0954> and brought to confusion <H2659> together <H3162> that rejoice <H8056> at mine hurt: <H7451> let them be clothed <H3847> with shame <H1322> and dishonour <H3639> that magnify <H1431> [themselves] against me.
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Let them shout for joy, <H7442> and be glad, <H8055> that favour <H2655> my righteous cause: <H6664> yea, let them say <H0559> continually, <H8548> Let the LORD <H3068> be magnified, <H1431> which hath pleasure <H2655> in the prosperity <H7965> of his servant. <H5650>
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And my tongue <H3956> shall speak <H1897> of thy righteousness <H6664> [and] of thy praise <H8416> all the day <H3117> long.