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Psalm 56:5-7
GOD’S WORD Translation

5 All day long my enemies twist my words.
Their every thought is an evil plan against me.
6 They attack, and then they hide.
They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.
7 With the wrong they do, can they escape?
O God, angrily make the nations fall.

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Psalm 56:5-7
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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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