10 (A)Make them bear their guilt, O God;
    let them (B)fall by their own counsels;
because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
    for they have rebelled against you.

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10 (A)But they rebelled
    (B)and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
    and himself fought against them.

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14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” (A)For the Lord had ordained[a] to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring harm upon Absalom.

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  1. 2 Samuel 17:14 Hebrew commanded

19 For (A)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, (B)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

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As for the head of those who surround me,
    let (A)the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
10 Let (B)burning coals fall upon them!
    Let them be cast into fire,
    into miry pits, no more to rise!

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13 May my accusers be (A)put to shame and consumed;
    (B)with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
    who (C)seek my hurt.

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18 Let the lying lips be mute,
    which (A)speak (B)insolently against the righteous
    in pride and contempt.

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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to (A)his own city. He (B)set his house in order and (C)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

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31 And it was told David, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, please (A)turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.”

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19 Now we know that whatever (A)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, (B)so that every mouth may be stopped, and (C)the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For (D)by works of the law no human being[a] will be justified in his sight, since (E)through the law comes knowledge of sin.

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  1. Romans 3:20 Greek flesh

(A)The days of punishment have come;
    the days of recompense have come;
    Israel shall know it.
(B)The prophet is a fool;
    the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
    and great hatred.

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(A)Her foes have become the head;
    her (B)enemies prosper,
because (C)the Lord has afflicted her
    (D)for the multitude of her transgressions;
(E)her children have gone away,
    captives before the foe.

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(A)Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
    (B)send out your arrows and rout them!
(C)Stretch out your hand from on high;
    (D)rescue me and deliver me from the many waters,
    from the hand (E)of foreigners,

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(A)Appoint a wicked man (B)against him;
    let an accuser stand (C)at his right hand.
When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
    let his (D)prayer be counted as sin!
May his (E)days be few;
    may (F)another take his (G)office!
May his (H)children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow!
10 May his children (I)wander about and beg,
    (J)seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
11 May (K)the creditor seize all that he has;
    may (L)strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
12 Let there be none to (M)extend kindness to him,
    nor any to (N)pity his fatherless children!
13 May his (O)posterity be cut off;
    may his (P)name be blotted out in the second generation!
14 May (Q)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
    and let not the sin of his mother be (R)blotted out!
15 (S)Let them be before the Lord continually,
    that he may (T)cut off the memory of them from the earth!

16 For he did not remember to show kindness,
    but pursued (U)the poor and needy
    and (V)the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
17 (W)He loved to curse; let curses come[a] upon him!
    He did not delight in blessing; may it be far[b] from him!
18 He (X)clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it (Y)soak[c] into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones!
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
    like a belt that he puts on every day!
20 May this be the reward of my (Z)accusers from the Lord,
    of those who speak evil against my life!

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  1. Psalm 109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come
  2. Psalm 109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far
  3. Psalm 109:18 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked

God Shall Scatter His Enemies

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.

68 (A)God shall arise, his enemies shall be (B)scattered;
    and those who hate him shall flee before him!
As (C)smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
    (D)as wax melts before fire,
    so the wicked shall perish before God!

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12 For (A)the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
    let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
13     (B)consume them in wrath;
    consume them till they are no more,
that they may (C)know that God rules over Jacob
    to (D)the ends of the earth. Selah

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15 Let death steal over them;
    let them go down to Sheol (A)alive;
    for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

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26 Let them be (A)put to shame and disappointed altogether
    who rejoice at my calamity!
Let them be (B)clothed with shame and dishonor
    who (C)magnify themselves against me!

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Great Is the Lord

Of David.

35 Contend, O Lord, with those who (A)contend with me;
    (B)fight against those who fight against me!
Take hold of (C)shield and buckler
    and rise for my help!
Draw the spear and javelin[a]
    against my pursuers!
Say to my soul,
    “I am your salvation!”

(D)Let them be (E)put to shame and dishonor
    who seek after my life!
Let them be (F)turned back and disappointed
    who devise evil against me!
Let them be like (G)chaff before the wind,
    with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
Let their way be dark and (H)slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!

For (I)without cause (J)they hid their net for me;
    without cause they dug (K)a pit for my life.[b]
Let (L)destruction come upon him (M)when he does not know it!
And let the net that he hid ensnare him;
    let him fall into it—to his destruction!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:3 Or and close the way
  2. Psalm 35:7 The word pit is transposed from the preceding line; Hebrew For without cause they hid the pit of their net for me; without cause they dug for my life

(A)To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him

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(A)we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly (B)and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.

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20 but if you refuse and rebel,
    you shall be eaten by the sword;
    (A)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

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The Wickedness of Judah

(A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O (B)earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children[a] (C)have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.

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  1. Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4

Remember, O Lord, against the (A)Edomites
    (B)the day of Jerusalem,
how they said, (C)“Lay it bare, lay it bare,
    down to its foundations!”
O daughter of Babylon, (D)doomed to be destroyed,
    blessed shall he be who (E)repays you
    with what you have done to us!
Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones
    and (F)dashes them against the rock!

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11 for they (A)had rebelled against the words of God,
    and (B)spurned the counsel of the Most High.

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