New Living Translation NLT
King James Version KJV
1 I trust in the LORD for protection. So why do you say to me, “Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!
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In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
2 The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right.
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For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3 The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?”
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If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
4 But the LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining every person on earth.
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The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5 The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked. He hates those who love violence.
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The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6 He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.
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Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous LORD loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.
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For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
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