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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 57, Verse 11

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For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
King James Version
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
American Standard Version
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
New English Translation
Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!
World English Bible
Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David.
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To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
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Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
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The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
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Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
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Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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As a snail [which] melteth, let [every one of them] pass away: [like] the untimely birth of a woman, [that] they may not see the sun.
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Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in [his] wrath.
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The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.