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18 Were I to count them,
    they would number more than the sand.
        When I awake, I will be with you.

19 God, if only you would execute the wicked,
    so that[a] the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me,
20 who speak against you with evil motives,
    your enemies who are acting in vain.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:19 So LXX DSS 11QPsa; MT reads and so that

18 Were I to count them,(A)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand(B)
    when I awake,(C) I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!(D)
    Away from me,(E) you who are bloodthirsty!(F)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries(G) misuse your name.(H)

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