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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 17, Verse 10

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From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.
King James Version
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
American Standard Version
They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
New English Translation
They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.
World English Bible
They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.
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They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12
Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, [which is] thy sword:
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From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
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As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
1
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
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The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.
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I will call upon the LORD, [who is worthy] to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.