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11 Save me!
    Rescue me from the power of my enemies.
Their mouths are full of lies;
    they swear to tell the truth, but they lie instead.

12 May our sons flourish in their youth
    like well-nurtured plants.
May our daughters be like graceful pillars,
    carved to beautify a palace.
13 May our barns be filled
    with crops of every kind.
May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands,
    even tens of thousands,

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11 deliver me;
    rescue me(A) from the hands of foreigners(B)
whose mouths are full of lies,(C)
    whose right hands are deceitful.(D)

12 Then our sons in their youth
    will be like well-nurtured plants,(E)
and our daughters will be like pillars(F)
    carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled(G)
    with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
    by tens of thousands in our fields;

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