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Psalm 56:5-7
New American Standard Bible 1995

5 All day long they [a](A)distort my words;
All their [b](B)thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They [c](C)attack, they lurk,
They (D)watch my [d]steps,
As they have (E)waited to take my [e]life.
7 Because of wickedness, [f](F)cast them forth,
In anger (G)put down the peoples, O God!

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  1. Psalm 56:5 Or trouble my affairs
  2. Psalm 56:5 Or purposes
  3. Psalm 56:6 Or stir up strife
  4. Psalm 56:6 Lit heels
  5. Psalm 56:6 Lit soul
  6. Psalm 56:7 Or will they have escape?
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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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