Lord my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,(A)
if I have done harm to one at peace with me(B)
or have plundered[a] my adversary without cause,(C)

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  1. 7:4 Or me and have spared

Lord my God, if I have done this
    and there is guilt on my hands(A)
if I have repaid my ally with evil
    or without cause(B) have robbed my foe—

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Those who hate me without cause
are more numerous than the hairs of my head;
my deceitful enemies, who would destroy me,
are powerful.(A)
Though I did not steal, I must repay.(B)

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Those who hate me(A) without reason(B)
    outnumber the hairs of my head;
many are my enemies without cause,(C)
    those who seek to destroy me.(D)
I am forced to restore
    what I did not steal.

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