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New International Version NIV
1 Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
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Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
3 Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
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Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.
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Repay them for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back on them what they deserve.
5 Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
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Because they have no regard for the deeds of the LORDand what his hands have done, he will tear them down and never build them up again.
6 Blessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
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Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.
7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
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The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.
8 Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
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The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.
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Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.
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