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“Let my enemies be like evil people,
    ·my foes [those who rise up against me] like ·those who are wrong [the guilty].
What hope do the wicked have when they ·die [L are cut off],
    when God ·takes their life away [requires their life]?
God will not listen to their cries
    when trouble comes to them.
10 ·They will not [Will they…?] find joy in ·the Almighty [Shaddai],
    ·even though [or will…?] they call out to God all the time.

11 “I will ·teach [instruct] you about the ·power [L hand] of God
    and will not ·hide [conceal] ·the ways of [L that which is with] ·the Almighty [Shaddai].
12 You have all seen this yourselves.
    ·So why are we having all this talk that means nothing [L Why have you become so meaningless/vaporous/vain]?

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“May my enemy be like the wicked,(A)
    my adversary(B) like the unjust!
For what hope have the godless(C) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?(D)
Does God listen to their cry
    when distress comes upon them?(E)
10 Will they find delight in the Almighty?(F)
    Will they call on God at all times?

11 “I will teach you about the power of God;
    the ways(G) of the Almighty I will not conceal.(H)
12 You have all seen this yourselves.
    Why then this meaningless talk?

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