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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 38, Verse 13

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They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
King James Version
But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
American Standard Version
But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
New English Translation
But I am like a deaf man– I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.
World English Bible
But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
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For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
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For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
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For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.
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For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
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Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
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Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
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To the chief Musician, [even] to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.