New Living Translation NLT
King James Version KJV
1 I pray to you, O LORD, my rock. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you are silent, I might as well give up and die.
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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.
2 Listen to my prayer for mercy as I cry out to you for help, as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
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Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked— with those who do evil— those who speak friendly words to their neighbors while planning evil in their hearts.
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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.
4 Give them the punishment they so richly deserve! Measure it out in proportion to their wickedness. Pay them back for all their evil deeds! Give them a taste of what they have done to others.
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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.
5 They care nothing for what the LORD has done or for what his hands have made. So he will tear them down, and they will never be rebuilt!
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Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6 Praise the LORD ! For he has heard my cry for mercy.
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Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The LORD is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.
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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 rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
8 The LORD gives his people strength. He is a safe fortress for his anointed king.
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The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
9 Save your people! Bless Israel, your special possession. Lead them like a shepherd, and carry them in your arms forever.
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Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
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