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And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! [for then] I would fly away, and be at rest.

Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

For [it was] not an enemy [that] reproached me; then I could have borne [it]: neither [was it] he that hated me [that] magnified [himself] against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.

As for me, I will call upon God: and the LORD will save me.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.

To the chief Musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

My enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they are] many that fight against me, O thou Most High.

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

They assemble themselves, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

When I cry [to thee], then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt thou] not [deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yes, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities are overpast.

I will cry to God most high; to God that performeth [all things] for me.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst of which they have fallen [themselves]. Selah.

For thy mercy [is] great to the heavens, and thy truth to the clouds.

So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

For lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

[Because of] his strength will I wait upon thee: for God [is] my defense.