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You will protect us
and always keep us safe
    from those people.
But all who are wicked
    will keep on strutting,
while everyone praises
    their shameless deeds.[a]

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  1. 12.8 while … deeds: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

You, Lord, will keep the needy safe(A)
    and will protect us forever from the wicked,(B)
who freely strut(C) about
    when what is vile is honored by the human race.

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