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But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,
Nor have I longed for the woeful day;
(A)You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.
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Do not be a (B)terror to me;
You are my (C)refuge in the day of disaster.
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Let those who persecute me be (D)put to shame, but as for me, (E)let me not be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.
(F)Bring on them a day of disaster,
And crush them with twofold destruction!

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