A Prayer for the Destruction of the Deceitful |
| To the chief Musician on Neg'inoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. |
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Give ear to my prayer, O God;
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and hide not thyself from my supplication. |
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Attend unto me, and hear me:
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I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; |
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because of the voice of the enemy,
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because of the oppression of the wicked: |
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for they cast iniquity upon me, |
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and in wrath they hate me. |
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My heart is sore pained within me:
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and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. |
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,
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and horror hath overwhelmed me. |
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And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
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For then would I fly away, and be at rest. |
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Lo, then would I wander far off,
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and remain in the wilderness. Selah. |
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I would hasten my escape
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from the windy storm and tempest. |
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Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues:
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for I have seen violence and strife in the city. |
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Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:
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mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. |
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Wickedness is in the midst thereof:
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deceit and guile depart not from her streets. |
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For it was not an enemy that reproached me;
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then I could have borne it: |
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neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; |
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then I would have hid myself from him: |
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but it was thou, a man mine equal,
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my guide, and mine acquaintance. |
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We took sweet counsel together,
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and walked unto the house of God in company. |
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Let death seize upon them,
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and let them go down quick into hell: |
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for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. |
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As for me, I will call upon God;
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and the LORD shall save me. |
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Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud:
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and he shall hear my voice. |
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He hath delivered my soul in peace
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from the battle that was against me: |
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for there were many with me. |
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God shall hear, and afflict them,
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even he that abideth of old. Selah. |
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Because they have no changes, |
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therefore they fear not God. |
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He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him:
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he hath broken his covenant. |
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The words of his mouth were smoother than butter,
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but war was in his heart: |
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his words were softer than oil, |
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yet were they drawn swords. |
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Cast thy burden upon the LORD,
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and he shall sustain thee: |
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he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
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But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
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bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; |
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but I will trust in thee. |
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