Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

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Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(A) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.

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Psalm 4

A Night Prayer

For the choir director: with stringed instruments.(A) A Davidic psalm.

Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.[a](B)
You freed me from affliction;(C)
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:1 Or God of my righteousness

Psalm 4[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

Answer me(A) when I call to you,
    my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;(B)
    have mercy(C) on me and hear my prayer.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-8 is numbered 4:2-9.

22 Take insult and contempt away from me,(A)
for I have kept Your decrees.

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22 Remove from me their scorn(A) and contempt,
    for I keep your statutes.(B)

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