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Psalm 27:2

New International Reader's Version

My enemies are evil. They will trip and fall when they attack me and try to swallow me up.

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Why do you chase after me as he does? Aren’t you satisfied with what you have done to me already?

The workers in my house always said, ‘Job always gives plenty of food to everyone.’

They attacked me like swarms of bees. But they were burned up as quickly as thorns in a fire. By the Lord’s power I destroyed them.

Do all these people who do evil know nothing? They eat up my people as if they were eating bread. They never call out to the Lord.

The ropes of death were almost wrapped around me. A destroying flood swept over me.

A group of sinful people has closed in on me. They are all around me like a pack of dogs. They have pierced my hands and my feet.

Lord, rise up! My God, save me! Strike all my enemies in the face. Break the teeth of sinful people.

Don’t these people who do evil know anything? They eat up my people as if they were eating bread. They never call out to God for help.

My enemies turn back. They fall down and die right in front of you.

Many of them will trip. They will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and captured.”