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May God send help from heaven to save me,
    shame those who trample upon me.
    May God send fidelity and mercy.
Selah
I must lie down in the midst of lions
    hungry for human prey.(A)
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
    their tongue, a sharpened sword.(B)
Be exalted over the heavens, God;
    may your glory appear above all the earth.(C)

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I am in the midst of lions;(A)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(B)

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
    let your glory be over all the earth.(C)

They spread a net for my feet(D)
    I was bowed down(E) in distress.
They dug a pit(F) in my path—
    but they have fallen into it themselves.(G)

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