GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 My soul waits calmly for God alone. My salvation comes from him.
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Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
2 He alone is my rock and my savior--my stronghold. I cannot be severely shaken.
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Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3 How long will all of you attack a person? How long will you try to murder him, as though he were a leaning wall or a sagging fence?
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How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4 They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse. Selah
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Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.
5 Wait calmly for God alone, my soul, because my hope comes from him.
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Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.
6 He alone is my rock and my savior--my stronghold. I cannot be shaken.
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Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my glory depend on God. God is the rock of my strength, my refuge.
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My salvation and my honor depend on God ; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust him at all times, you people. Pour out your hearts in his presence. God is our refuge. Selah
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Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
9 Common people are only a whisper in the wind. Important people are only a delusion. When all of them are weighed on a scale, they amount to nothing. They are less than a whisper in the wind.
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Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
10 Do not count on extortion [to make you rich]. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them.
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Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
11 God has spoken once. I have heard it [said] twice: "Power belongs to God.
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One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you, God,
12 Mercy belongs to you, O Lord. You reward a person based on what he has done."
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and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”
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