The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 53
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(To the choir-master. For stringed instruments. A maskil. Of David,
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when the men of Ziph told Saul that David was in hiding among them.)
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Lord, by the virtue of thy name deliver me, let thy sovereign power grant me redress;
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give a hearing, Lord, to my plea; let me speak, and know thou art listening.
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Scornful foes take arms against me, fierce foes that grudge me life itself, with no thought of God to check them.
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Ah, but God is here to help me; the Lord has my safety in his keeping.
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Let the blow recoil on my persecutors; ever faithful to thy word, do thou overthrow them.
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So will I joyfully offer thee sacrifice, and praise thy name, Lord, as praised it must ever be;
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who else has delivered me from all peril, and let me see the downfall of my enemies?