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20 [a]For they do not speak words of peace,
    but they contrive deceitful words
    to lead astray the peaceful in the land.
21 They open wide their mouths shouting, “Aha! Aha!
    We have seen it with our own eyes.”
22 You have seen, O Lord; do not be silent.
    Lord, do not be far from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:20 The enemies of the psalmist assail him and wrongly accuse him of some crime (see v. 11). These verses and verse 25 recall Ps 40:16; Lam 2:16; Ezek 25:3; 26:2; Hab 1:13.