I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”(A)
    Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.(B)
Sovereign Lord,(C) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.
Do not grant the wicked(D) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.(E)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(F)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(G)

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(H)
    and upholds the cause(I) of the needy.(J)
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,(K)
    and the upright will live(L) in your presence.(M)

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I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.

O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

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45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like(A) a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

The Parable of the Net

47 “Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like(B) a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds(C) of fish. 48 When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. 49 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous(D) 50 and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(E)

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45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

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