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4If I have repaid my friend with evil, *
or plundered him who without cause is my enemy;

5Then let my enemy pursue and overtake me, *
trample my life into the ground,
and lay my honor in the dust.

6Stand up, O Lord, in your wrath; *
rise up against the fury of my enemies.

7Awake, O my God, decree justice; *
let the assembly of the peoples gather round you.

8Be seated on your lofty throne, O Most High; *
O Lord, judge the nations.

9Give judgment for me according to my
righteousness, O Lord, *
and according to my innocence, O Most High.

10Let the malice of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous; *
for you test the mind and heart, O righteous God.

11God is my shield and defense; *
he is the savior of the true in heart.

12God is a righteous judge; *
God sits in judgment every day.

13If they will not repent, God will whet his sword; *
he will bend his bow and make it ready.

14He has prepared his weapons of death; *
he makes his arrows shafts of fire.

15Look at those who are in labor with wickedness, *
who conceive evil, and give birth to a lie.

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