New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my supplications.
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I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.
2 Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
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He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.
3 The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
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The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: "O Lord, I pray, save my life!"
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Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful.
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The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.
6 The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
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The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour.
7 Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
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Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.
8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
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You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.
9 I walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
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I will go before the Lord in the land of the living.
10 I kept my faith, even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted";
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I still had faith, though I said, I am in great trouble;
11 I said in my consternation, "Everyone is a liar."
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Though I said in my fear, All men are false.
12 What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me?
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What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord,
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I will take the cup of salvation, and give praise to the name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
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I will make the offering of my oath to the Lord, even before all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones.
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Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.
16 O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds.
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O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
17 I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name of the Lord.
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I will give an offering of praise to you, and make my prayer in the name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,
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I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;
19 in the courts of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
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In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.
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