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There they are, bellowing with their mouths,
    with sharp words[a] on their lips—
    for ‘Who’, they think,[b] ‘will hear us?’

But you laugh at them, O Lord;
    you hold all the nations in derision.
O my strength, I will watch for you;
    for you, O God, are my fortress.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:7 Heb with swords
  2. Psalm 59:7 Heb lacks they think

See what they spew from their mouths(A)
    the words from their lips are sharp as swords,(B)
    and they think, “Who can hear us?”(C)
But you laugh at them, Lord;(D)
    you scoff at all those nations.(E)

You are my strength,(F) I watch for you;
    you, God, are my fortress,(G)

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