13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.

14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

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13 Be pleased to save me, Lord;
    come quickly, Lord, to help me.(A)

14 May all who want to take my life(B)
    be put to shame and confusion;(C)
may all who desire my ruin(D)
    be turned back in disgrace.

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13 (A)Be pleased, O Lord, to (B)deliver me!
    O Lord, (C)make haste to help me!
14 (D)Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
    who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be (E)turned back and brought to dishonor
    who delight in my hurt!

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13 Lord, be pleased to rescue me;
hurry to help me, Lord.(A)

14 Let those who intend to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be turned back and humiliated.(B)

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13 (A)Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
Make (B)haste, O Lord, to help me.
14 Let those be (C)ashamed and humiliated together
Who (D)seek my [a]life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight [b]in my hurt.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:14 Or soul
  2. Psalm 40:14 Or to injure me