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New International Version NIV
1 Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
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Hear me, LORD, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.
2 From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right!
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Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.
3 You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
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Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.
4 With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
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Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.
5 My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
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My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not stumbled.
6 I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.
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I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.
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