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Psalm 56:5-7
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5 All day long they seek to injure my cause;
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.(A)
6 They stir up strife; they lurk;
    they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.(B)
7     Do not deliver them for any reason;[a]
    in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!(C)

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  1. 56.7 Gk Compare Syr Jerome: Heb deliver them because of their iniquity
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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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