King James Version KJV
English Standard Version ESV
1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become 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 the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
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Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
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Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
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Because they do not regard the works of the Lord or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
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Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart 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; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
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The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
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Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.
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