Common English Bible CEB
New King James Version NKJV
1 I cry out to you, LORD. You are my rock; don't refuse to hear me. If you won't talk to me, I'll be just like those going down to the pit.
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A Psalm of David. To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Listen to my request for mercy when I cry out to you, when I lift up my hands to your holy inner sanctuary.
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Hear the voice of my supplications When I cry to You, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
3 Don't drag me off with the wicked and those who do evil; the type who talk nice to their friends while evil thoughts are in their hearts!
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Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts.
4 Pay them back for what they've done! Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for their handiwork! Give back to them exactly what they deserve!
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Give them according to their deeds, And according to the wickedness of their endeavors; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them what they deserve.
5 Because they have no regard for what the LORD has done, no regard for his handiwork, God will tear them down and never rebuild!
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Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.
6 Bless the LORD because he has listened to my request for mercy!
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Blessed be the Lord, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart trusts him. I was helped, my heart rejoiced, and I thank him with my song.
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
8 The LORD is his people's strength; he is a fortress of protection for his anointed one.
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The Lord is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.
9 Save your people, God! Bless your possession! Shepherd them and carry them for all time!
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Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.