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1 <> I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto 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 brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock and established my goings.
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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 And He hath put a new song in my mouth; even praise unto our God; many shall see it and fear, and shall trust in 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 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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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 Many, O LORD my God, are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done; and Thy thoughts which are directed toward us, they cannot be reckoned up in order unto Thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
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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 Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not desire; mine ears hast Thou opened; burnt offering and sin offering hast Thou not required.
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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 said I, "Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me:
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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 I delight to do Thy will, O my God; yea, Thy law is within 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 have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo, I have not restrained my lips, O LORD, Thou knowest.
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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 have not hid Thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation; I have not concealed Thy lovingkindness and Thy truth from the great congregation.
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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 Withhold not Thou Thy tender mercies from me, O LORD; let Thy lovingkindness and Thy truth continually preserve 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 For innumerable evils have compassed me about; mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of mine head; therefore my heart faileth me.
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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 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste 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 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
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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 Let them be desolate as a reward for their shame, that say unto me, "Aha, aha!"
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15 May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be appalled at their own shame.
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16 Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; let those that love Thy salvation say continually, "The LORD be magnified!"
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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 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh of me. Thou art my help and my deliverer; do not tarry, O my God!
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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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| Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible Online) |
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