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Don’t treat me like the evil people
    who do wicked things.
They greet their neighbors like friends,
    but secretly plan to hurt them.
They do bad things to others,
    so make bad things happen to them.
    Give them the punishment they deserve.
They don’t notice what the Lord does.
    They ignore all the good things he has made.
So instead of building them up,
    he will destroy them.

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Do not drag me away with the wicked,
    with those who do evil,
who speak cordially with their neighbors
    but harbor malice in their hearts.(A)
Repay them for their deeds
    and for their evil work;
repay them for what their hands have done(B)
    and bring back on them what they deserve.(C)

Because they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord
    and what his hands have done,(D)
he will tear them down
    and never build them up again.

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