The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 By David: ADONAI, I am calling to you; my Rock, don't be deaf to my cry. For if you answer me with silence, I will be like those who fall in a pit.
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<Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.
2 Hear the sound of my prayers when I cry to you, when I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
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Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.
3 Don't drag me off with the wicked, with those whose deeds are evil; they speak words of peace to their fellowmen, but evil is in their hearts.
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Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.
4 Pay them back for their deeds, as befits their evil acts; repay them for what they have done, give them what they deserve.
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Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.
5 For they don't understand the deeds of ADONAI or what he has done. He will break them down; he will not build them up.
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Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.
6 Blessed be ADONAI, for he heard my voice as I prayed for mercy.
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May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.
7 ADONAI is my strength and shield; in him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. Therefore my heart is filled with joy, and I will sing praises to him.
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The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.
8 ADONAI is strength for [his people], a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
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The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.
9 Save your people! Bless your heritage! Shepherd them, and carry them forever!
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Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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