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15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers;
    seek out their wickedness until you find none.(A)

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15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(A)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

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On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and sulfur;
    a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.(A)

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On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;(A)
    a scorching wind(B) will be their lot.

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14 from mortals—by your hand, O Lord
    from mortals whose portion in life is in this world.
May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them;
    may their children have more than enough;
    may they leave something over to their little ones.(A)

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14 By your hand save me from such people, Lord,
    from those of this world(A) whose reward is in this life.(B)
May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies;
    may their children gorge themselves on it,
    and may there be leftovers(C) for their little ones.

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12 For you will put them to flight;
    you will aim at their faces with your bows.(A)

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12 You will make them turn their backs(A)
    when you aim at them with drawn bow.

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There they shall be in great terror,
    in terror such as has not been.
For God will scatter the bones of the ungodly;[a]
    they will be put to shame,[b] for God has rejected them.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 53.5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb him who encamps against you
  2. 53.5 Gk: Heb you have put (them) to shame

But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
    where there was nothing to dread.(A)
God scattered the bones(B) of those who attacked you;(C)
    you put them to shame,(D) for God despised them.(E)

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O God, break the teeth in their mouths;
    tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!(A)

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Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(A)
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(B)

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28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living;
    let them not be enrolled among the righteous.(A)

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28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(A)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(B)

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15 so pursue them with your tempest
    and terrify them with your hurricane.(A)

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15 so pursue them with your tempest(A)
    and terrify them with your storm.(B)

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18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it soak into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones.(A)

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18 He wore cursing(A) as his garment;
    it entered into his body like water,(B)
    into his bones like oil.

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He will execute judgment among the nations,
    filling them with corpses;
he will shatter heads
    over the wide earth.(A)

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He will judge the nations,(A) heaping up the dead(B)
    and crushing the rulers(C) of the whole earth.

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19 O that you would kill the wicked, O God,
    and that the bloodthirsty would depart from me—(A)

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19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!(A)
    Away from me,(B) you who are bloodthirsty!(C)

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22 I hate them with perfect hatred;
    I count them my enemies.

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22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.(A)

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