The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 A song of ascents. By David: ADONAI, I call to you from the depths;
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<A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.
2 hear my cry, Adonai! Let your ears pay attention to the sound of my pleading.
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Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.
3 Yah, if you kept a record of sins, who, Adonai, could stand?
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O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
4 But with you there is forgiveness, so that you will be feared.
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But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
5 I wait longingly for ADONAI; I put my hope in his word.
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I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.
6 Everything in me waits for Adonai more than guards on watch wait for morning, more than guards on watch wait for morning.
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My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning; yes, more than the watchers for the morning.
7 Isra'el, put your hope in ADONAI! For grace is found with ADONAI, and with him is unlimited redemption.
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O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.
8 He will redeem Isra'el from all their wrongdoings.
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And he will make Israel free from all his sins.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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