King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
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In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
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Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily. Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
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You are indeed my rock and my fortress; for your name's sake lead me and guide me,
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
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take me out of the net that is hidden for me, for you are my refuge.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
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Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
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You hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
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I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have taken heed of my adversities,
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
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and have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
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Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and body also.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
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For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my misery, and my bones waste away.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
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I am the scorn of all my adversaries, a horror to my neighbors, an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
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I have passed out of mind like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
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For I hear the whispering of many— terror all around!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
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But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, "You are my God."
15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
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My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
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Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
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Do not let me be put to shame, O Lord, for I call on you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go dumbfounded to Sheol.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
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Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.
19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
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O how abundant is your goodness that you have laid up for those who fear you, and accomplished for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of everyone!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
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In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots; you hold them safe under your shelter from contentious tongues.
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
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Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was beset as a city under siege.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
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I had said in my alarm, "I am driven far from your sight." But you heard my supplications when I cried out to you for help.
23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
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Love the Lord, all you his saints. The Lord preserves the faithful, but abundantly repays the one who acts haughtily.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
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Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord.
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