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Psalms 55:5-12 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

5. Fear and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.

6. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away, and be at rest;

7. Behold, I would flee afar off, I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah;

8. I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind, from the tempest.

9. Swallow them up, Lord; divide their tongue: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

10. Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

11. Perversities are in the midst thereof; and oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.

12. For it is not an enemy that hath reproached me--then could I have borne it; neither is it he that hateth me that hath magnified himself against me--then would I have hidden myself from him;

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