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Psalms 49:5

FearCourage and strengthTrials and adversity

3 My mouth will impart wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will bring understanding.

4 I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?

6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

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BSB
Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?
KJV
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
WEB
Why should I fear in the days of evil, when iniquity at my heels surrounds me?
ASV
Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
DARBY
Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, [when] the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me?
BLB
Why should I fear in the days of evil, the perversion [that] surrounds me [at] my heels,
ÅB
Hvorfor skal jeg frykte i de onde dager, når mine forfølgeres ondskap omgir meg,
OTB
Hvorfor skulle jeg frykte i motgangens dager,
Når mine fienders skyld omgir meg,
B1930
Hvorfor skal jeg frykte i de onde dager, når mine forfølgeres ondskap omgir mig,

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