Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
52 Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.
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Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.
53 They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
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They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;
54 Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
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the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.
55 I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
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I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.
56 My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing -- at my cry.
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You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.”
57 Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
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You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”
58 Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.
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You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life.
59 Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, 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 thoughts of 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 thoughts against me,
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LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62 The lips of my withstanders, Even 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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