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Psalms 38:12

Fear

10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

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BSB
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
KJV
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
WEB
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
ASV
They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
DARBY
And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
BLB
And those seeking my soul lay snares, and those searching out my harm speak; they ponder destruction and treachery all the day.
ÅB
De som står meg etter livet, setter snarer,
de som søker ulykken min, taler om undergang,
og hele dagen grunner de på svik.
OTB
De som søker mitt liv setter feller for meg;
Og de som søker å skade meg snakker om ødeleggelse,
Og planlegger bedrag hele dagen.
B1930
Og de som står mig efter livet, setter snarer, og de som søker min ulykke, taler om undergang, og på svik tenker de den hele dag.

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