| Hebrew Names Version (HNV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 1 <> LORD, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me. | 1 O LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! |
| 2 Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. | 2 Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him." "Selah" |
| 3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me, My glory, and the one who lifts up my head. | 3 But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head. |
| 4 I cry to the LORD with my voice, And he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah. | 4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. "Selah" |
| 5 I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for the LORD sustains me. | 5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. |
| 6 I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people Who have set themselves against me on every side. | 6 I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side. |
| 7 Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked. | 7 Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. |
| 8 Salvation belongs to the LORD. Your blessing be on your people. Selah. | 8 From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. "Selah" |
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