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Psalm 56:5-7
English Standard Version Anglicised

5 All day long they injure my cause;[a]
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They (A)stir up strife, they (B)lurk;
    they (C)watch my steps,
    as they have waited for my life.
7 For their crime will they escape?
    (D)In wrath (E)cast down the peoples, O God!

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  1. Psalm 56:5 Or they twist my words
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Psalm 56:5-7
New International Version

5 All day long they twist my words;(A)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
6 They conspire,(B) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,(C)
    hoping to take my life.(D)
7 Because of their wickedness do not[a] let them escape;(E)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(F)

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  1. Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.
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