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All day long they warp my words;
    all their thoughts against me are mangled by evil.
They conspire, then lurk about.
    They eye my every move,
Waiting to steal my very life.
Because they are wicked through and through, drag them out.
    In Your just anger, O God, cast them down!

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

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Footnotes

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