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1 I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry.
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1 I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.
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2 He lifted me out of the pit of destruction, out of the sticky mud. He stood me on a rock and made my feet steady.
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2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
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3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many people will see this and worship him. Then they will trust the Lord.
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3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
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4 Happy is the person who trusts the Lord, who doesn't turn to those who are proud or to those who worship false gods.
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4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.
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5 Lord my God, you have done many miracles. Your plans for us are many. If I tried to tell them all, there would be too many to count.
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5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.
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6 You do not want sacrifices and offerings. But you have made a hole in my ear to show that my body and life are yours. You do not ask for burnt offerings and sacrifices to take away sins.
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6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced; burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
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7 Then I said, "Look, I have come. It is written about me in the book.
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7 Then I said, "Here I am, I have come-- it is written about me in the scroll.
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8 My God, I want to do what you want. Your teachings are in my heart."
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8 I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."
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9 I will tell about your goodness in the great meeting of your people. Lord, you know my lips are not silent.
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9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, as you know, O LORD.
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10 I do not hide your goodness in my heart; I speak about your loyalty and salvation. I do not hide your love and truth from the people in the great meeting.
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10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and salvation. I do not conceal your love and your truth from the great assembly.
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11 Lord, do not hold back your mercy from me; let your love and truth always protect me.
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11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD; may your love and your truth always protect me.
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12 Troubles have surrounded me; there are too many to count. My sins have caught me so that I cannot see a way to escape. I have more sins than hairs on my head, and I have lost my courage.
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12 For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me.
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13 Please, Lord, save me. Hurry, Lord, to help me.
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13 Be pleased, O LORD, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me.
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14 People are trying to kill me. Shame them and disgrace them. People want to hurt me. Let them run away in disgrace.
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14 May all who seek to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
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15 People are making fun of me. Let them be shamed into silence.
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15 May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be appalled at their own shame.
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16 But let those who follow you be happy and glad. They love you for saving them. May they always say, "Praise the Lord!"
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16 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, "The LORD be exalted!"
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17 Lord, because I am poor and helpless, please remember me. You are my helper and savior. My God, do not wait. For the director of music. A psalm of David.
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17 Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
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| Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Century Version Online Bible) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
