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Psalm 59:8

Verse 8 of 17. The 59th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.

4I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!

5You, LORD God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.

6They return at evening, howling like dogs, and prowl around the city.

7Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?”

8But you, LORD, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.

9Oh, my Strength, I watch for you, for God is my high tower.

10My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.

11Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

12For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.