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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].

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   1   Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men;
    keep me safe from violent men,
   2   whose heads are full of wicked schemes,
    who stir up contention day after day.
   3   Their tongues are sharp as serpents' fangs;
    on their lips is spiders' ^note poison.
   4   Guard me, O Lord, from wicked men;
    keep me safe from violent men,
    who plan to thrust me out of the way.
   5   Arrogant men set hidden traps for me,
    rogues spread their nets
    and lay snares for me along the path.
   6   I said, ‘O Lord, thou art my God;
    O Lord, hear my plea for mercy.
   7   O Lord God, stronghold of my safety,
  thou hast shielded my head in the day of battle.
   8    9   Frustrate, O Lord, their designs against me;

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    never let the wicked gain their purpose.
  If any of those at my table rise against me,
    let their own conspiracies be their undoing.
   10   Let burning coals be tipped upon them;
    let them be plunged into the miry depths,
    never to rise again.
   11   Slander shall find no home in the land;
  evil and violence shall be hounded to destruction.’

   12   I know that the Lord will give their due to the needy
    and justice to the downtrodden.
   13   Righteous men will surely give thanks to thy name;
    the upright will worship in thy presence.

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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].