The Darby Translation DBY
New International Version NIV
52 They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.
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Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.
53 They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
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They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;
54 Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
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the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.
55 I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
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I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
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You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.”
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
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You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”
58 Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.
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You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life.
59 Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
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LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.
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You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;
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LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62 the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.
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what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.
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