You destroy those who tell lies;(A)
the Lord abhors violent and treacherous people.(B)

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    you destroy those who tell lies.(A)
The bloodthirsty and deceitful
    you, Lord, detest.

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Depart from me, all evildoers,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.(A)

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Away from me,(A) all you who do evil,(B)
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.

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but he will judge the poor righteously(A)
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with a scepter[a] from his mouth,(B)
and he will kill the wicked(C)
with a command[b] from his lips.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:4 Lit the rod
  2. 11:4 Lit with the breath

but with righteousness(A) he will judge the needy,(B)
    with justice(C) he will give decisions for the poor(D) of the earth.
He will strike(E) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(F)
    with the breath(G) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(H)

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