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Psalm 59:9-11
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9 However, you laugh at them, O Lord;
    you show your disdain for all the nations.
10 [a]O my strength, I will keep watch for you,
    for you, O God, are my fortress,
11     O God of mercy.
May God go before me
    and allow me to have my way with my enemies.

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  1. Psalm 59:10 The psalmist asks God to put his foes to death, so that his people may not be seduced by them and so that the people will remember this particular saving act longer than they have remembered others (see Pss 78:11; 106:13).
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Psalm 59:9-11
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9 You are my strength,(A) I watch for you;
    you, God, are my fortress,(B)
10     my God on whom I can rely.

God will go before me
    and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield,[a](C)
    or my people will forget.(D)
In your might uproot them
    and bring them down.(E)

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  1. Psalm 59:11 Or sovereign
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