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17 How long, O Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my life from the lions!(A)

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17 How long,(A) Lord, will you look on?
    Rescue me from their ravages,
    my precious life(B) from these lions.(C)

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13 Your eyes are too pure to behold evil,
    and you cannot look on wrongdoing;
why do you look on the treacherous
    and are silent when the wicked swallow
    those more righteous than they?(A)

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13 Your eyes are too pure(A) to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(B)
Why then do you tolerate(C) the treacherous?(D)
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(E)

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O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
    how long shall the wicked exult?(A)

They pour out their arrogant words;
    all the evildoers boast.(B)

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How long, Lord, will the wicked,
    how long will the wicked be jubilant?(A)

They pour out arrogant(B) words;
    all the evildoers are full of boasting.(C)

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46 How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(A)

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46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(A)

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We do not see our emblems;
    there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is no one among us who knows how long.(A)
10 How long, O God, is the foe to scoff?
    Is the enemy to revile your name forever?(B)

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We are given no signs from God;(A)
    no prophets(B) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long(C) will the enemy mock(D) you, God?
    Will the foe revile(E) your name forever?

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20 Deliver my soul from the sword,
    my life[a] from the power of the dog!(A)
21     Save me from the mouth of the lion!

From the horns of the wild oxen you have rescued[b] me.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 22.20 Heb my only one
  2. 22.21 Heb answered

20 Deliver me from the sword,(A)
    my precious life(B) from the power of the dogs.(C)
21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lions;(D)
    save me from the horns of the wild oxen.(E)

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Listen to my cry,
    for I am brought very low.

Save me from my persecutors,
    for they are too strong for me.(A)
Bring me out of prison,
    so that I may give thanks to your name.
The righteous will surround me,
    for you will deal bountifully with me.(B)

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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.
Set me free from my prison,(E)
    that I may praise your name.(F)
Then the righteous will gather about me
    because of your goodness to me.(G)

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14 rescue me
    from sinking in the mire;
let me be delivered from my enemies
    and from the deep waters.(A)
15 Do not let the flood sweep over me
    or the deep swallow me up
    or the Pit close its mouth over me.(B)

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14 Rescue me from the mire,
    do not let me sink;
deliver me from those who hate me,
    from the deep waters.(A)
15 Do not let the floodwaters(B) engulf me
    or the depths swallow me up(C)
    or the pit close its mouth over me.(D)

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I lie down among lions
    that greedily devour[a] human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
    their tongues sharp swords.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 57.4 Cn: Heb are aflame for

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

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Psalm 13

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
    How long will you hide your face from me?(A)
How long must I bear pain[a] in my soul
    and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?(B)

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  1. 13.2 Syr: Heb hold counsels

Psalm 13[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

How long,(A) Lord? Will you forget me(B) forever?
    How long will you hide your face(C) from me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(D)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.

14 But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief,
    that you may take it into your hands;
the helpless commit themselves to you;
    you have been the helper of the orphan.(A)

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14 But you, God, see the trouble(A) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(B)
    you are the helper(C) of the fatherless.

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My soul also is struck with terror,
    while you, O Lord—how long?(A)

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