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v1

Yahweh, how many are my enemies; many are rising against me.

v2

Many are saying about my soul, “There is no deliverance for him from ^[Or “in”] God. Selah ^[Meaning uncertain; probably a musical or liturgical direction]

v3

But ^[Or “And”] you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

v4

With my voice I call to Yahweh and he answers me from his holy hill. ^[Literally “the hill of his holiness”] Selah

v5

I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.

v6

I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people who all around have set themselves against me.

v7

Rise up, O Yahweh; deliver me, O my God; for you strike all my enemies on the cheek. The teeth of the wicked you break.

v8

To Yahweh belongs deliverance; may your blessing be over your people. Selah