GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 O LORD, out of the depths I call to you.
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Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD;
2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be open to my pleas for mercy.
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Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
3 O LORD, who would be able to stand if you kept a record of sins?
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If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness so that you can be feared.
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But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and with hope I wait for his word.
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I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.
6 My soul waits for the LORD more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.
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I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, because with the LORD there is mercy and with him there is unlimited forgiveness.
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Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
8 He will rescue Israel from all its sins.
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He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
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