Good News Translation GNT
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 Listen, O Lord, to my plea for justice; pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to my honest prayer.
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A Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
2 You will judge in my favor, because you know what is right.
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From thee let my vindication come! Let thy eyes see the right!
3 You know my heart. You have come to me at night; you have examined me completely and found no evil desire in me. I speak no evil,
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If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.
4 as others do; I have obeyed your command and have not followed paths of violence.
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With regard to the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5 I have always walked in your way and have never strayed from it.
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My steps have held fast to thy paths, my feet have not slipped.
6 I pray to you, O God, because you answer me; so turn to me and listen to my words.
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I call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God; incline thy ear to me, hear my words.
7 Reveal your wonderful love and save me; at your side I am safe from my enemies.
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Wondrously show thy steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at thy right hand.
8 Protect me as you would your very eyes; hide me in the shadow of your wings
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Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of thy wings,
9 from the attacks of the wicked. Deadly enemies surround me;
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from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.
10 they have no pity and speak proudly.
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They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
11 They are around me now, wherever I turn, watching for a chance to pull me down.
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They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.
12 They are like lions, waiting for me, wanting to tear me to pieces.
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They are like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
13 Come, Lord! Oppose my enemies and defeat them! Save me from the wicked by your sword;
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Arise, O LORD! confront them, overthrow them! Deliver my life from the wicked by thy sword,
14 save me from those who in this life have all they want. Punish them with the sufferings you have stored up for them; may there be enough for their children and some left over for their children's children!
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from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men whose portion in life is of the world. May their belly be filled with what thou hast stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their babes.
15 But I will see you, because I have done no wrong; and when I awake, your presence will fill me with joy.
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As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.