New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
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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By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to 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, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting 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 with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.
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 to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.
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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For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.
6 Praise the LORD ! For he has heard my cry for mercy.
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Blessed [is] Jehovah, For 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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Jehovah [is] my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.
8 The LORD gives his people strength. He is a safe fortress for his anointed king.
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Jehovah [is] strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed [is] He.
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, And feed them, and carry them to the age!