from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me.
For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.
In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues.
let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall waste them no more, as formerly,
See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it.
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