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¹ Fight against those who fight against me. ² And stand up for my help. ³ “I am your salvation.” ⁴ Who plot my hurt. ⁵ And let the angel of the Lord chase them. ⁶ And let the angel of the Lord pursue them. ⁷ Which they have dug without cause for my life. ⁸ Into that very destruction let him fall. ⁹ It shall rejoice in His salvation. ¹⁰ Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?” ¹¹ They ask me things that I do not know. ¹² To the sorrow of my soul. ¹³ And my prayer would return to my own heart. ¹⁴ I bowed down heavily, as one who mourns for his mother. ¹⁵ They tore at me and did not cease; ¹⁶ They gnashed at me with their teeth. ¹⁷ My precious life from the lions. ¹⁸ I will praise You among many people. ¹⁹ Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause. ²⁰ Against the quiet ones in the land. ²¹ Our eyes have seen it.” ²² O Lord, do not be far from me. ²³ To my cause, my God and my Lord. ²⁴ And let them not rejoice over me. ²⁵ Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.” ²⁶ Who exalt themselves against me. ²⁷ Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.” ²⁸ And of Your praise all the day long.