Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness(A)
    because of my enemies—
    make your way straight(B) before me.

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His mouth is full(A) of lies and threats;(B)
    trouble and evil are under his tongue.(C)

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Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.

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for people who are wicked and deceitful(A)
    have opened their mouths against me;
    they have spoken against me with lying tongues.(B)
With words of hatred(C) they surround me;
    they attack me without cause.(D)
In return for my friendship they accuse me,
    but I am a man of prayer.(E)
They repay me evil for good,(F)
    and hatred for my friendship.

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19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.(A)

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You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)
You love evil(D) rather than good,
    falsehood(E) rather than speaking the truth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.

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