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\c 56
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\p
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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director, concerning the time the Philistines seized David in Gath; to be sung using the tune "Dove on distant oaks."
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\q1
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\v 1 God, act mercifully toward me because men are attacking me!
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\q2 All day long an enemy presses closer and closer to me because they want to take my life.
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\q1
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\v 2 All day long my enemies seek to crush the life from me,
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\q2 there are many enemies attacking me!
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\b
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\q1
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\v 3 But whenever I am afraid,
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\q2 I trust in you.
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\q1
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\v 4 God, I praise you because you do what you have promised;
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\q2 I trust in you, and then I am not afraid.
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\q2 Ordinary humans certainly cannot harm me!
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 All day long my enemies claim that I said things that I did not say;
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\q2 they are always thinking of ways to harm me.
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\q1
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\v 6 In order to cause trouble for me, they hide
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\q2 and watch everything that I do,
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\q2 waiting for an opportunity to kill me.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 7 So, God, punish them for the wicked things that they are doing;
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\q2 show that you are angry by defeating those people!
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\q1
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\v 8 You have counted all the times that I have been wandering alone;
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\q2 it is as though you have put all my tears in a bottle
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\q2 so that you can see how much I have cried.
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\q2 You have counted my tears and written the number in your book.
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 When I call out to you, my God, my enemies will be defeated;
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\q2 I know that will happen because you are fighting for me.
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\q1
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\v 10 I praise you that you do what you have promised;
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\q2 Yahweh, I will always praise you for that.
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\q2
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\v 11 I trust in you, and as a result, I will not be afraid.
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\q2 I know that humans cannot really harm me!
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\b
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 12 I will bring to you the offering that I promised;
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\q1 I will bring an offering to you to thank you
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\q1
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\v 13 because you have rescued me from being killed;
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\q2 you have kept me from stumbling.
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\q2 As a result, I will continue to live in your presence in the light that shines on those who are alive.
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