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12 On my right hand the rabble rise up;
    they send me sprawling
    and build roads for my ruin.(A)

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12 His troops come on together;
    they have thrown up siegeworks[a] against me
    and encamp around my tent.(A)

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  1. 19.12 Cn: Heb their way

The people will be oppressed,
    everyone by another
    and everyone by a neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder
    and the base to the honorable.(A)

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Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
    protect me from the violent
    who have planned my downfall.(A)
The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,
    and with cords they have spread a net,[a]
    along the road they have set snares for me. Selah(B)

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  1. 140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net

18 Even young children despise me;
    when I rise, they talk against me.(A)

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