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New Revised Standard NRS
1 Listen to my prayer, LORD! Because of your faithfulness, hear my requests for mercy! Because of your righteousness, answer me!
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Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness; answer me in your righteousness.
2 Please don't bring your servant to judgment, because no living thing is righteous before you.
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Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
3 The enemy is chasing me, crushing my life in the dirt, forcing me to live in the dark like those who've been dead forever.
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For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those long dead.
4 My spirit is weak inside me— inside, my mind is numb.
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Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.
5 I remember the days long past; I meditate on all your deeds; I contemplate your handiwork.
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I remember the days of old, I think about all your deeds, I meditate on the works of your hands.
6 I stretch out my hands to you; my whole being is like dry dirt, thirsting for you. Selah
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I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. (Selah)
7 Answer me, LORD—and quickly! My breath is fading. Don't hide your face from me or I'll be like those going down to the pit!
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Answer me quickly, O Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.
8 Tell me all about your faithful love come morning time, because I trust you. Show me the way I should go, because I offer my life up to you.
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Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
9 Deliver me from my enemies, LORD! I seek protection from you.
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Save me, O Lord, from my enemies; I have fled to you for refuge.
10 Teach me to do what pleases you, because you are my God. Guide me by your good spirit into good land.
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Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me on a level path.
11 Make me live again, LORD, for your name's sake. Bring me out of distress because of your righteousness.
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For your name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life. In your righteousness bring me out of trouble.
12 Wipe out my enemies because of your faithful love. Destroy everyone who attacks me, because I am your servant.
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In your steadfast love cut off my enemies, and destroy all my adversaries, for I am your servant.
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