Justify me by your power
							
																								
								(1 Samuel 23:7-29)							
																								
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									Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David,
								
							 
																								
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									when the Ziphites had arrived and they said to Saul, “Has not David been hidden with us?”
								
							 
																								
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									 Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me in your virtue.
								
							 
																								
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									O God, listen to my prayer. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
								
							 
																								
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									For strangers have risen up against me,  and the strong have sought my soul.  And they have not set God before their eyes.
								
							 
																								
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									For behold, God is my helper, and the Lord is the protector of my soul.
								
							 
																								
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									Turn back the evils upon my adversaries, and ruin them by your truth.
								
							 
																								
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									I will freely sacrifice to you, and I will confess your name, O God, because it is good.
								
							 
																								
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									For you have quickly rescued me from all tribulation,  and my eye has looked down upon my enemies.