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1 Save me, O God! The water is already up to my neck!
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1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
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2 I am sinking in deep mud. There is nothing to stand on. I am in deep water. A flood is sweeping me away.
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2 I sink in the miry depths, where there is no foothold. I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
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3 I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained [from] looking for my God.
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3 I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
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4 Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are mighty. They have no reason to be my enemies. I am forced to pay back what I did not steal.
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4 Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
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5 O God, you know my stupidity, and the things of which I am guilty are not hidden from you.
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5 You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you.
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6 Do not let those who wait with hope for you be put to shame because of me, O Almighty LORD of Armies. Do not let those who come to you for help be humiliated because of me, O God of Israel.
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6 May those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me, O Lord, the LORD Almighty; may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me, O God of Israel.
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7 Indeed, for your sake I have endured insults. Humiliation has covered my face.
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7 For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.
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8 I have become a stranger to my [own] brothers, a foreigner to my mother's sons.
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8 I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my own mother's sons;
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9 Indeed, devotion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
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9 for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
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10 I cried and fasted, but I was insulted for it.
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10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
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11 I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.
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11 when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.
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12 Those who sit at the gate gossip about me, and drunkards make up songs about me.
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12 Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards.
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13 May my prayer come to you at an acceptable time, O LORD. O God, out of the greatness of your mercy, answer me with the truth of your salvation.
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13 But I pray to you, O LORD, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation.
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14 Rescue me from the mud. Do not let me sink [into it]. I want to be rescued from those who hate me and from the deep water.
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14 Rescue me from the mire, do not let me sink; deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep waters.
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15 Do not let floodwaters sweep me away. Do not let the ocean swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
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15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf me or the depths swallow me up or the pit close its mouth over me.
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16 Answer me, O LORD, because your mercy is good. Out of your unlimited compassion, turn to me.
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16 Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me.
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17 I am in trouble, so do not hide your face from me. Answer me quickly!
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17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
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18 Come close, and defend my soul. Set me free because of my enemies.
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18 Come near and rescue me; redeem me because of my foes.
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19 You know that I have been insulted, put to shame, and humiliated. All my opponents are in front of you.
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19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you.
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20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.
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20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
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21 They poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar to drink.
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21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.
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22 Let the table set for them become a trap and a snare for their friends.
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22 May the table set before them become a snare; may it become retribution and a trap.
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23 Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see. Let their thighs continually shake.
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23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
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24 Pour your rage on them. Let your burning anger catch up with them.
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24 Pour out your wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
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25 Let their camp be deserted and their tents empty.
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25 May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
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26 They persecute the one you have struck, and they talk about the pain of those you have wounded.
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26 For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
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27 Charge them with one crime after another. Do not let them be found innocent.
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27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.
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28 Let their [names] be erased from the Book of Life. Do not let them be listed with righteous people.
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28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
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29 I am suffering and in pain. Let your saving power protect me, O God.
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29 I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O God, protect me.
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30 I want to praise the name of God with a song. I want to praise its greatness with a song of thanksgiving.
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30 I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving.
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31 This will please the LORD more than [sacrificing] an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.
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31 This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hoofs.
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32 Oppressed people will see [this] and rejoice. May the hearts of those who look to God for help be refreshed.
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32 The poor will see and be glad-- you who seek God, may your hearts live!
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33 The LORD listens to needy people. He does not despise his own who are in prison.
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33 The LORD hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
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34 Let heaven and earth, the seas, and everything that moves in them, praise him.
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34 Let heaven and earth praise him, the seas and all that move in them,
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35 When God saves Zion, he will rebuild the cities of Judah. His servants will live there and take possession of it.
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35 for God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah. Then people will settle there and possess it;
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36 The descendants of his servants will inherit it. Those who love him will live there.
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36 the children of his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
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