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(53-1) for David. (53-2) When the end of Ziph had come and said to Saul: Is not David hidden with us?> (53-3) Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me in thy strength.

(53-5) For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: and they have not set God before their eyes.

(53-6) For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector of my soul.

(53-9) For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.

(54-1) for David.> (54-2) Hear, O God, my prayer, and despise not my supplication:

(54-4) At the voice of the enemy, and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have cast iniquities upon me: and in wrath they were troublesome to me.

(54-9) I waited for him that hath saved me from pusillanimity of spirit, and a storm.

(54-10) Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.

(54-13) For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden my self from him.

(54-16) Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.

(54-19) He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.

(54-20) God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:

(54-23) Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

(55-1) for a people that is removed at a distance form the sanctuary: for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth.> (55-2) Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

(55-3) My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.

(55-7) They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

(55-8) For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces. O God,

(56-1) for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave.> (56-2) Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

(56-7) They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.

(56-11) For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.