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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.
21 I hate those who hate you, Lord, do I not?
    I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not ?

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Footnotes

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

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!(A)
    Away from me,(B) you who are bloodthirsty!(C)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries(D) misuse your name.(E)
21 Do I not hate those(F) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor(G) those who are in rebellion against you?

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