Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful 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 judgment come forth from thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.
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From you let my vindication come; let your eyes see the right.
3 Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.
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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 As for the works of men, by the words of thy lips I have guarded myself from hard ways.
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As for what others do, by the word of your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5 Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.
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My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
6 I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.
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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 the marvels of thy mercies, thou that savest them that hope in thee.
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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 from those that resist thy right hand: thou shalt screen me by the covering 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 face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.
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from the wicked who despoil me, my deadly enemies who surround me.
10 They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.
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They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
11 They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.
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They track me down; now they surround me; they set their eyes to cast me to the ground.
12 They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion’s whelp dwelling 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, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw thy sword,
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Rise up, O Lord, confront them, overthrow them! By your sword deliver my life from the wicked,
14 because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions 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 But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.
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As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.
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