Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New International Version NIV
1 Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in thee.
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Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.
2 I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou has no need of my goodness.
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I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”
3 On behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in them.
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I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4 Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.
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Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips.
5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.
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LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.
6 The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage.
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The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will bless the Lord who has instructed me; my reins too have chastened me even till night.
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I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
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I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart rejoiced an my tongue exulted; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
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Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
10 because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
11 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand there are delights for ever.
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You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
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