18 (A)Let those be put to shame who persecute me,
    but let me not be put to shame;
(B)let them be dismayed,
    but let me not be dismayed;
(C)bring upon them the day of disaster;
    destroy them with double destruction!

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18 Let my persecutors be put to shame,
    but keep me from shame;
let them be terrified,
    but keep me from terror.
Bring on them the day of disaster;
    destroy them with double destruction.(A)

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(A)Let them be (B)put to shame and dishonor
    who seek after my life!
Let them be (C)turned back and disappointed
    who devise evil against me!

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May those who seek my life(A)
    be disgraced(B) and put to shame;(C)
may those who plot my ruin
    be turned back(D) in dismay.

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11 But (A)the Lord is with me as a dread warrior;
    therefore my persecutors will stumble;
    (B)they will not overcome me.
(C)They will be greatly shamed,
    for they will not succeed.
Their (D)eternal dishonor
    will never be forgotten.

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11 But the Lord(A) is with me like a mighty warrior;
    so my persecutors(B) will stumble and not prevail.(C)
They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced;(D)
    their dishonor will never be forgotten.

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20 But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,
    who (A)tests (B)the heart and the mind,
(C)let me see your vengeance upon them,
    for to you have I committed my cause.

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20 But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously(A)
    and test the heart(B) and mind,(C)
let me see your vengeance(D) on them,
    for to you I have committed my cause.

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14 (A)Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
    who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be (B)turned back and brought to dishonor
    who delight in my hurt!

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14 May all who want to take my life(A)
    be put to shame and confusion;(B)
may all who desire my ruin(C)
    be turned back in disgrace.

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O my God, in you I (A)trust;
    (B)let me not be put to shame;
    (C)let not my enemies exult over me.
Indeed, (D)none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
    they shall be ashamed who are (E)wantonly (F)treacherous.

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I trust in you;(A)
    do not let me be put to shame,
    nor let my enemies triumph over me.
No one who hopes in you
    will ever be put to shame,(B)
but shame will come on those
    who are treacherous(C) without cause.

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17 Let them be (A)put to shame and dismayed forever;
    let them perish in disgrace,
18 that they may (B)know that you alone,
    (C)whose name is the Lord,
    are (D)the Most High over all the earth.

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17 May they ever be ashamed and dismayed;(A)
    may they perish in disgrace.(B)
18 Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord(C)
    that you alone are the Most High(D) over all the earth.(E)

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Let (A)destruction come upon him (B)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
    let him fall into it—to his destruction!

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may ruin overtake them by surprise—(A)
    may the net they hid entangle them,
    may they fall into the pit,(B) to their ruin.

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(A)Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
    and repay her (B)double for her deeds;
    mix a double portion for her (C)in the cup she mixed.

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Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(A) double(B) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(C)

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19 Hear me, O Lord,
    and (A)listen to the voice of my adversaries.
20 (B)Should good be repaid with evil?
    Yet (C)they have dug a pit for my life.
(D)Remember how I stood before you
    to speak good for them,
    to turn away your wrath from them.
21 Therefore (E)deliver up their children to famine;
    give them over to the power of the sword;
let their wives become childless (F)and widowed.
    May their men meet death by pestilence,
    their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.
22 (G)May a cry be heard from their houses,
    when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them!
For (H)they have dug a pit to take me
    (I)and laid snares for my feet.
23 Yet (J)you, O Lord, know
    all their plotting to kill me.
(K)Forgive not their iniquity,
    nor blot out their sin from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
    deal with them in the time of your anger.

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19 Listen to me, Lord;
    hear what my accusers(A) are saying!
20 Should good be repaid with evil?(B)
    Yet they have dug a pit(C) for me.
Remember that I stood(D) before you
    and spoke in their behalf(E)
    to turn your wrath away from them.
21 So give their children over to famine;(F)
    hand them over to the power of the sword.(G)
Let their wives be made childless and widows;(H)
    let their men be put to death,
    their young men(I) slain by the sword in battle.
22 Let a cry(J) be heard from their houses
    when you suddenly bring invaders against them,
for they have dug a pit(K) to capture me
    and have hidden snares(L) for my feet.
23 But you, Lord, know
    all their plots to kill(M) me.
Do not forgive(N) their crimes
    or blot out their sins from your sight.
Let them be overthrown before you;
    deal with them in the time of your anger.(O)

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16 I have not run away from being your shepherd,
    nor have I desired the day of sickness.
(A)You know (B)what came out of my lips;
    it was before your face.

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16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
    you know I have not desired the day of despair.
    What passes my lips(A) is open before you.

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18 But first (A)I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and (B)have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”

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18 I will repay(A) them double(B) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(C) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(D) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(E)(F)

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Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

71 (A)In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
    let me never be put to shame!

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Psalm 71(A)

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;(B)
    let me never be put to shame.(C)

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