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    "book": "psalms",
    "chapter": 57
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    "n": 57,
    "bookSlug": "psalms",
    "bookCode": "PSA",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "PSA-57:1",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.1",
        "text": "Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "PSA-57:2",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.2",
        "text": "I will cry unto God Most High, Unto God that performeth [all things] for me."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "PSA-57:3",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.3",
        "text": "He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth;     Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "PSA-57:4",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.4",
        "text": "My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "PSA-57:5",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.5",
        "text": "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "PSA-57:6",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.6",
        "text": "They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves.     Selah"
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "PSA-57:7",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.7",
        "text": "My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "PSA-57:8",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.8",
        "text": "Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "PSA-57:9",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.9",
        "text": "I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the peoples: I will sing praises unto thee among the nations."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "PSA-57:10",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.10",
        "text": "For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy truth unto the skies."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "PSA-57:11",
        "verseRef": "Ps.57.11",
        "text": "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.           Psalm 58  For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam."
      }
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