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Even now they lie in wait for my life;
    the mighty stir up strife against me.
For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,(A)

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They stir up strife; they lurk;
    they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.(A)

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More in number than the hairs of my head
    are those who hate me without cause;
many are those who would destroy me,
    my enemies who accuse me falsely.
What I did not steal,
    must I now restore?(A)

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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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25 It was to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’(A)

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The faithful have disappeared from the land,
    and there is no one left who is upright;
they all lie in wait for blood,
    and they hunt each other with nets.(A)

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The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush,
    but the speech of the upright delivers them.(A)

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21 But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent.”(A)

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26 The kings of the earth took their stand,
    and the rulers have gathered together
        against the Lord and against his Messiah.’[a](A)

27 “For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant[b] Jesus, whom you anointed,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.26 Or his Christ
  2. 4.27 Or child

12 Those who seek my life lay their snares;
    those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin
    and meditate on treachery all day long.(A)

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32 The wicked watch for the righteous
    and seek to kill them.(A)
33 The Lord will not abandon them to their power
    or let them be condemned when they are brought to trial.(B)

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O Lord my God, if I have done this,
    if there is wrong in my hands,(A)
if I have repaid my ally with harm
    or plundered my foe without cause,(B)
then let the enemy pursue and overtake me,
    trample my life to the ground,
    and lay my soul in the dust. Selah

Rise up, O Lord, in your anger;
    lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;
    awake, O my God;[a] you have appointed a judgment.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.6 Or awake for me

The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and his anointed, saying,(A)

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18 And he added, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What guilt is on my hands?(A)

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17 He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.(A)

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Jonathan Intercedes for David

19 Saul spoke with his son Jonathan and with all his servants about killing David. But Saul’s son Jonathan took great delight in David.(A)

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    they lurk in secret like a lion in its den;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
    they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.(A)

10 They stoop, they crouch,
    and the helpless fall by their might.

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