Psalm 59:5-7

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⁵ Thou, Lord God of hosts, art God of Israel.
Awake to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil.Selah

⁶Each evening they come back,
    howling like dogs
    and prowling about the city.
⁷There they are, bellowing with their mouths,
    and snarling with^[a] their lips—
    for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?”

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Psalm 59:7 Cn: Heb swords in

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