King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
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Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
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From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
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As for what others do, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
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My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
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I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me, hear my words.
7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
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Wondrously show your steadfast love, O savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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Guard me as the apple of the eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings,
9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
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They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.
12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
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They are like a lion eager to tear, like a young lion lurking in ambush.
13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
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Rise up, O Lord, confront them, overthrow them! By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,
14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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from mortals—by your hand, O Lord— from mortals whose portion in life is in this world. May their bellies be filled with what you have stored up for them; may their children have more than enough; may they leave something over to their little ones.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
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As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.
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