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1 To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.
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1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
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2 O my God, I have put my faith in you, let me not be shamed; let not my haters be glorying over me.
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2 in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
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3 Let no servant of yours be put to shame; may those be shamed who are false without cause.
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3 No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse.
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4 Make your steps clear to me, O Lord; give me knowledge of your ways.
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4 Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths;
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5 Be my guide and teacher in the true way; for you are the God of my salvation; I am waiting for your word all the day.
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5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
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6 O Lord, keep in mind your pity and your mercies; for they have been from the earliest times.
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6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
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7 Do not keep in mind my sins when I was young, or my wrongdoing: let your memory of me be full of mercy, O Lord, because of your righteousness.
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7 Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD.
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8 Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.
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8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
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9 He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.
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9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
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10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.
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10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.
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11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.
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11 For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
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12 If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.
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12 Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.
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13 His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.
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13 He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.
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14 The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
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14 The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.
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15 My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.
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15 My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
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16 Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.
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16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
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17 The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.
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17 The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.
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18 Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.
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18 Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.
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19 See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.
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19 See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me!
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20 O keep my soul, and take me out of danger: let me not be shamed, for I have put my faith in you.
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20 Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
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21 For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
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21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.
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22 Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.
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22 Redeem Israel, O God, from all their troubles!
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