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You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded
in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me,
O God.
They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
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O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!
Get out of my life, you murderers!
20 They blaspheme you;
your enemies misuse your name.
21 O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?
Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose
you?
22 Yes, I hate them with total hatred,
for your enemies are my enemies.
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Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting
life.
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Let my enemies be destroyed
by the very evil they have planned for me.
10 Let burning coals fall down on their heads.
Let them be thrown into the fire
or into watery pits from which they
can’t escape.
11 Don’t let liars prosper here in our land.
Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.
But I know the Lord will help those they
persecute;
he will give justice to the poor.
13 Surely righteous people are praising your name;
the godly will live in your presence.
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PSALM
O Lord, I am calling to you. Please hurry!
Listen when I cry to you for help!
2 Accept my prayer as incense offered to you,
and my upraised hands as an evening
offering.
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Take control of what I say, O Lord,
and guard my lips.
4 Don’t let me drift toward evil
or take part in acts of wickedness.
Don’t let me share in the delicacies
of those who do wrong.
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5
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O Lord, keep me out of the hands of the
wicked.
Protect me from those who are violent,
for they are plotting against me.
5 The proud have set a trap to catch me;
they have stretched out a net;
they have placed traps all along the way.
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I said to the Lord, “You are my God!”
Listen, O Lord, to my cries for mercy!
7 O Sovereign Lord, the strong one who
rescued me,
you protected me on the day of battle.
8 Lord, do not let evil people have their way.
Do not let their evil schemes succeed,
or they will become proud.
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141
A psalm of David.
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O Lord, rescue me from evil people.
Protect me from those who are violent,
2 those who plot evil in their hearts
and stir up trouble all day long.
3 Their tongues sting like a snake;
the venom of a viper drips from their lips.
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Psalm 142
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Let the godly strike me!
It will be a kindness!
If they correct me, it is soothing medicine.
Don’t let me refuse it.
But I pray constantly
against the wicked and their deeds.
6 When their leaders are thrown down
from a cliff,
the wicked will listen to my words and
find them true.
7 Like rocks brought up by a plow,
the bones of the wicked will lie scattered
without burial.
I look to you for help, O Sovereign Lord.
You are my refuge; don’t let them kill me.
9 Keep me from the traps they have set for me,
from the snares of those who do wrong.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
but let me escape.
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PSALM
142
A psalm of David, regarding his experience in the
cave. A prayer.
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I cry out to the Lord;
I plead for the Lord’s mercy.
