GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 O LORD, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go into 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 Hear my prayer for mercy when I call to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your most holy place.
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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 Do not drag me away with wicked people, with troublemakers who speak of peace with their neighbors but have evil 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 have done, for their evil deeds. Pay them back for what their hands have done, and give them 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 The LORD will tear them down and never build them up again, because they never consider what he has done or what his hands have made.
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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 Thank the LORD! He has heard my prayer 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 trusted him, so I received help. My heart is triumphant; I give thanks to 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 the strength of his people and a fortress for the victory of his Messiah.
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The Lord is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.
9 Save your people, and bless those who belong to you. Be their shepherd, and carry them forever.
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Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.