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61 Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me,
    I do not forget your law.(A)

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176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek out your servant,
    for I do not forget your commandments.(A)

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As robbers lie in wait[a] for someone,
    so the priests are banded together;[b]
they murder on the road to Shechem;
    they commit a monstrous crime.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.9 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 6.9 Syr: Heb are a company

17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.(A) 18 If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.(B) 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God,[a] for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”(C) 20 Instead, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

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  1. 12.19 Gk the wrath

29 Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me;
    I will pay them back for what they have done.”(A)

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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(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net

95 The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
    but I consider your decrees.

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Psalm 3

Trust in God under Adversity

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.

O Lord, how many are my foes!
    Many are rising against me;

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17 While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three columns, made a raid on the camels and carried them off, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.”(A)

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When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. David’s two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.(A)

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But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can raise his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?”(A) 10 David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him down, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.(B) 11 The Lord forbid that I should raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed, but now take the spear that is at his head and the water jar, and let us go.”(C)

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David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’? 10 This very day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you into my hand in the cave, and some urged me to kill you, but I spared[a] you. I said, ‘I will not raise my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’ 11 See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand, for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 24.10 Gk Syr Tg: Heb it (my eye) spared