Psalm 35:17
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17 How long, O Lord, will you look on?
Rescue me from their ravages,
my life from the lions!(A)
Habakkuk 1:13
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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)
Psalm 142:6-7
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6 Listen to my cry,
for I am brought very low.
Save me from my persecutors,
for they are too strong for me.(A)
7 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)
Psalm 94:3-4
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3 O Lord, how long shall the wicked,
how long shall the wicked exult?(A)
4 They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.(B)
Psalm 89:46
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46 How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your wrath burn like fire?(A)
Psalm 74:9-10
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9 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)
Psalm 69:14-15
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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)
Psalm 57:4
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4 I lie down among lions
that greedily devour[a] human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
their tongues sharp swords.(A)
Footnotes
- 57.4 Cn: Heb are aflame for
Psalm 13:1-2
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Psalm 13
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?(A)
2 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)
Footnotes
- 13.2 Syr: Heb hold counsels
Psalm 10:14
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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)
Psalm 6:3
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3 My soul also is struck with terror,
while you, O Lord—how long?(A)
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