1O Jehovah, my God! to thee do I look for help; Save me from them that persecute me, and deliver me!

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Psalms 31:15, Psalms 31:15, Habakkuk 3:1, Habakkuk 3:1, 1 Peter 4:19

2Lest mine enemy tear me like a lion; Lest he rend me in pieces, while there is none to help.

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Psalms 50:22, Psalms 50:22, Isaiah 38:13, Isaiah 38:13, 2 Timothy 4:17

3O Jehovah, my God! if I have done this,—If there be iniquity upon my hands,

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1 Samuel 24:11, Psalms 59:3, 1 Samuel 24:11, Psalms 59:3, 1 Samuel 26:18

4If I have rendered evil to my friend, Or have despoiled him that without cause is mine enemy,—

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Psalms 55:20, 1 Samuel 24:7, Psalms 55:20, 1 Samuel 24:7, Genesis 44:4

5Let my adversary pursue and take me; Let him trample me to the ground, And lay me prostrate in the dust! [Pause.]

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Job 31:38, Job 31:40, Job 16:15, Isaiah 10:6, Psalms 3:2

6Arise, O LORD! in thine anger; Lift thyself up against the rage of mine enemies; Awake for me, ordain judgment!

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Psalms 44:23, Psalms 35:23, Psalms 44:23, Psalms 35:23, Psalms 3:7

7Let the assembly of the nations compass thee about, And on their account return to the height!

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Psalms 113:5, Psalms 113:6, Revelation 19:2, Psalms 138:6, Psalms 48:11

8The LORD judgeth the nations; Judge me, O LORD! according to my righteousness, And requite me according to my integrity!

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Romans 14:10, Romans 14:12, Psalms 96:13, Romans 14:10, Romans 14:12

9Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked be at an end; But establish the righteous! For the righteous God trieth the heart and the reins.

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Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 20:12

10My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

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Proverbs 28:18, Psalms 125:4, Psalms 84:11, Proverbs 28:18, Psalms 125:4

11God is a righteous judge, And a God who is angry every day.

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Nahum 1:2, Nahum 1:2, Nahum 1:6, Nahum 1:6, Psalms 94:15

12If he do not desist, He sharpeneth his sword; He bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready;

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Acts 3:19, Acts 3:19, Matthew 3:10, Ezekiel 18:30, Deuteronomy 32:41

13He prepareth for him the instruments of death; He shooteth his burning arrows.

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Psalms 18:14, Habakkuk 3:13, 2 Thessalonians 1:6, Psalms 64:7, Psalms 45:5

14Behold, he travailed with iniquity, And conceived mischief, But hath brought forth disappointment!

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Job 15:35, Job 15:35, James 1:15, James 1:15, Isaiah 33:11

15He made a pit and digged it. And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

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Job 4:8, Job 4:8, Psalms 141:10, Psalms 141:10, Proverbs 26:27

16His mischief returneth upon his own head, And his violence cometh down upon his own skull.

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Psalms 37:12, Psalms 37:13, Esther 9:25, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 37:13

17I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness; I will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

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Psalms 9:2, Psalms 9:2, Psalms 98:2, Psalms 98:2, Psalms 71:15