1Give ear to my prayer, O God! Hide not thyself from my supplication!

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1 Peter 3:12, 1 Peter 3:12, Psalms 86:6, Psalms 86:6, Psalms 61:1

2Attend unto me, and hear me! I wander about mourning and wailing,

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Isaiah 38:14, Isaiah 38:14, Psalms 66:19, Psalms 66:19, Psalms 64:1

3On account of the clamors of the enemy, On account of the violence of the wicked. For they bring evil upon me, And in wrath set themselves against me.

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2 Samuel 16:7, 2 Samuel 16:8, 2 Samuel 16:7, 2 Samuel 16:8, Psalms 27:12

4My heart trembleth in my bosom, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

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Psalms 116:3, Psalms 116:3, Mark 14:33, Mark 14:34, Mark 14:33

5Fear and trembling have seized me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

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Psalms 119:120, Job 21:6, Psalms 119:120, Job 21:6, Job 6:4

6Then I say, O that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.

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Psalms 11:1, Psalms 11:1, Psalms 139:9, Revelation 12:14, Psalms 139:9

7Behold, I would wander far away, And take up my abode in a wilderness. [Pause.]

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Jeremiah 9:2, Jeremiah 9:2, Jeremiah 37:12, 2 Samuel 17:21, 2 Samuel 17:22

8I would hasten away to a shelter From the rushing wind and tempest.

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Isaiah 4:6, Isaiah 4:6, Matthew 7:25, Matthew 7:27, Matthew 7:25

9Confound, O Lord! divide their counsels! For I behold violence and strife in the city.

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Jeremiah 6:7, Jeremiah 6:7, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 11:9, Genesis 11:7

10Day and night do these go about its walls; In the midst of it are iniquity and mischief.

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Psalms 59:14, Psalms 59:15, Psalms 59:14, Psalms 59:15, Isaiah 59:6

11Wickedness is in the midst of it; Oppression and fraud depart not from its streets.

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Psalms 5:9, Psalms 10:7, Isaiah 59:7, Jeremiah 5:26, Jeremiah 5:27

12It was not an enemy that reviled me, Then I could have borne it; Nor one that hated me, who rose up against me; From him I could have hid myself.

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Psalms 41:9, Psalms 41:9, John 13:18, John 13:18, Matthew 26:21

13But it was thou, a man my equal, My friend, and my acquaintance.

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2 Samuel 15:12, Micah 7:5, 2 Samuel 15:12, Micah 7:5, Jeremiah 9:4

14We held sweet converse together, And walked to the house of God in company.

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Psalms 42:4, Psalms 42:4, Isaiah 2:3, Ezekiel 33:31, Isaiah 2:3

15May sudden death seize upon them! May they go down to the underworld alive! For wickedness is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.

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Psalms 59:13, Psalms 59:13, Psalms 64:7, Psalms 109:6, Psalms 109:20

16As for me, I will call upon God, And Jehovah will save me.

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Psalms 50:15, Psalms 50:15, Luke 6:11, Luke 6:12, Psalms 73:28

17At evening, at morn, and at noon I mourn and sigh, And he will hear my voice.

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Ephesians 6:18, Ephesians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Psalms 141:2

18He will deliver me in peace from my conflict; For many have risen up against me.

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Psalms 57:3, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:3, Psalms 3:6, Psalms 3:7

19God will hear me, and bring them down,—He that hath been judge of old. [Pause.] Because they have no changes, Therefore they fear not God.

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Deuteronomy 33:27, Deuteronomy 33:27, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Micah 5:2, Zephaniah 1:12

20They lift up their hands against their friend, And break their covenant with him.

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Acts 12:1, Psalms 7:4, Psalms 89:34, Acts 12:1, Psalms 7:4

21Their speech was softer than butter, But war was in their heart; Their words were smoother than oil, Yet were they drawn swords.

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Psalms 57:4, Psalms 57:4, Psalms 28:3, Proverbs 5:3, Proverbs 5:4

22"Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to fall!"

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1 Peter 5:7, 1 Peter 5:7, Psalms 37:5, Psalms 37:5, Philippians 4:6

23Yea, thou, O God! wilt bring them down into the lowest pit! Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee!

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Proverbs 10:27, Proverbs 10:27, Job 15:32, Psalms 5:6, Job 15:32