1 In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.
1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David.(A)In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge;Let me never (B)be ashamed;(C)In Your righteousness deliver me.
1 {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
1 For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, I seek refuge in You;let me never be disgraced.(A)Save me by Your righteousness.
1 In you, LORD, I have taken refuge. Let me never be ashamed. Because you are righteous, deliver me!
2 Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.
2 (D)Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;Be to me a (E)rock of (a)strength,A stronghold to save me.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
2 Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly.Be a rock of refuge for me,a mountain fortress to save me.(B)
2 Listen to me, and deliver me quickly. Become a rock of safety for me, a fortified citadel to deliver me;
4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.
4 You will (H)pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,For You are my (I)strength.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
4 Rescue me from the net that they concealed to trap me; for you are my strength.
7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;
7 I will (O)rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,Because You have (P)seen my affliction;You have known the troubles of my soul,
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
7 I will rejoice and be glad in Your faithful lovebecause You have seen my affliction.You have known the troubles of my life(I)
7 I will rejoice and be glad in your gracious love, for you see my affliction and take note that my soul is distressed.
8 And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
8 And You have not (Q)given me over into the hand of the enemy;You have set my feet in a large place.
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
8 You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy, but you have set my feet in a sturdy place.
9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
9 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for (R)I am in distress;My (S)eye is wasted away from grief, (T)my soul and my body also.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
9 Be gracious to me, Lord,because I am in distress;(L)my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—my whole being(c) as well.(M)
9 Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes have been consumed by my grief along with my soul and my body.
10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.
10 For my life is spent with (U)sorrowAnd my years with sighing;My (V)strength has failed because of my iniquity,And (W)my (e)body has wasted away.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
10 Indeed, my life is consumed with griefand my years with groaning;(N)my strength has failedbecause of my sinfulness,(d)and my bones waste away.(O)
10 My life is consumed by sorrow, my years with groaning. My strength has faltered because of my iniquity; my bones have been consumed.
11 Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.
11 Because of all my adversaries, I have become a (X)reproach,Especially to my (Y)neighbors,And an object of dread to my acquaintances;Those who see me in the street flee from me.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
11 I am ridiculed by all my adversariesand even by my neighbors.I am dreaded by my acquaintances;those who see me in the street run from me.(P)
11 I have become an object of reproach to all my enemies, especially to my neighbors. I have become an object of fear to my friends, and whoever sees me outside runs away from me.
13 False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.
13 For I have heard the (f)(AA)slander of many,(AB)Terror is on every side;While they (AC)took counsel together against me,They (AD)schemed to take away my life.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
13 I have heard the gossip of many;terror is on every side.(R)When they conspired against me,they plotted to take my life.(S)
13 I have heard the slander of many; it is like terror all around me, as they conspire together and plot to take my life.
15 The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.
15 My (AF)times are in Your hand;(AG)Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me.
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
15 The course of my life is in Your power;(U)deliver me from the power of my enemiesand from my persecutors.(V)
15 My times are in your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
17 Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.
17 Let me not be (AJ)put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;Let the (AK)wicked be put to shame, let them (AL)be silent in (g)Sheol.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
17 Lord, do not let me be disgraced when I call on You.(X)Let the wicked be disgraced;let them be silent(e)(f) in Sheol.(Y)
17 Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life.
18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
18 Let the (AM)lying lips be mute,Which (AN)speak arrogantly against the righteousWith pride and contempt.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
18 Let lying lips be quieted;(Z)they speak arrogantly against the righteouswith pride and contempt.(AA)
18 Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.
19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
19 How great is Your (AO)goodness,Which You have stored up for those who fear You,Which You have wrought for those who (AP)take refuge in You,(AQ)Before the sons of men!
19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
19 How great is Your goodnessthat You have stored up for those who fear Youand accomplished in the sight of everyonefor those who take refuge in You.(AB)
19 How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men.
20 You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
20 You hide them in the (AR)secret place of Your presence from the (AS)conspiracies of man;You keep them secretly in a (h)shelter from the (AT)strife of tongues.
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
20 You hide them in the protection of Your presence;You conceal them in a shelter(g)from the schemes of men,from quarrelsome tongues.(AC)
20 You will hide them in the secret place of your presence, away from the conspiracies of men. You will hide them in your tent, away from their contentious tongues.
21 May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.
21 (AU)Blessed be the Lord,For He has made (AV)marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged (AW)city.
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
21 May the Lord be praised,for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to mein a city under siege.(h)(AD)
21 Blessed be the LORD! In a marvelous way he demonstrated his gracious love to me, when I was in a city under siege.
22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.
22 As for me, (AX)I said in my alarm,“I am (AY)cut off from before Your eyes”;Nevertheless You (AZ)heard the voice of my supplicationsWhen I cried to You.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
22 In my alarm I had said,“I am cut off from Your sight.”(AE)But You heard the sound of my pleadingwhen I cried to You for help.(AF)
22 When I said in my panic, "I have been cut off in your sight," then you surely heard the voice of my prayer in my plea to you for help.
23 O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.
23 O love the Lord, all you (BA)His godly ones!The Lord (BB)preserves the faithfulAnd fully (BC)recompenses the proud doer.
23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
23 Love the Lord, all His faithful ones.(AG)The Lord protects the loyal,but fully repays the arrogant.(AH)
23 Love the LORD, all his godly ones! The LORD preserves the faithful and repays those who act with proud motives.
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