Listen to my cry,(A)
    for I am in desperate need;(B)
rescue me(C) from those who pursue me,
    for they are too strong(D) for me.

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Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

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Do not hold against us the sins of past generations;(A)
    may your mercy come quickly to meet us,
    for we are in desperate need.(B)

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O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.

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The Lord protects the unwary;
    when I was brought low,(A) he saved me.(B)

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The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

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Psalm 17

A prayer of David.

Hear me,(A) Lord, my plea is just;
    listen to my cry.(B)
Hear(C) my prayer—
    it does not rise from deceitful lips.(D)

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17 Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

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37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(A) through him who loved us.(B)

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37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

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33 Who will bring any charge(A) against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

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33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

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Answer me quickly,(A) Lord;
    my spirit fails.(B)
Do not hide your face(C) from me
    or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

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The enemy pursues me,
    he crushes me to the ground;
he makes me dwell in the darkness(A)
    like those long dead.(B)

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For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

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23 He remembered us(A) in our low estate
His love endures forever.

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23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:

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See how they lie in wait for me!
    Fierce men conspire(A) against me
    for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.

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For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

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He sends from heaven and saves me,(A)
    rebuking those who hotly pursue me—[a](B)
    God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.(C)

I am in the midst of lions;(D)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.

He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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19 Many have become my enemies(A) without cause[a];
    those who hate me(B) without reason(C) are numerous.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:19 One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies

19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

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17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,(A)
    from my foes, who were too strong for me.(B)

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17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

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