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1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
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1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
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2 O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult 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 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
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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 me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths.
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4 Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths;
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5 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
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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 Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
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6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old.
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7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!
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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; therefore he instructs 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 leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
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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 paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
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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 For your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is 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 Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
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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 shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
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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 friendship of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.
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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 ever toward the LORD, for he will pluck 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 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
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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 enlarged; bring me out of my distresses.
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17 The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.
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18 Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive 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 Consider how many are my foes, and with what violent hatred they hate me.
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19 See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me!
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20 Oh, guard my soul, and deliver me! Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge 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 May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.
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21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.
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22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
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22 Redeem Israel, O God, from all their troubles!
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