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1 In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.
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I take refuge in you, LORD. Please never let me be put to shame. Rescue me by your righteousness!
2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.
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Listen closely to me! Deliver me quickly; be a rock that protects me; be a strong fortress that saves me!
3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
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You are definitely my rock and my fortress. Guide me and lead me for the sake of your good name!
4 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.
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Get me out of this net that's been set for me because you are my protective fortress.
5 Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, LORD, my faithful God.
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I entrust my spirit into your hands; you, LORD, God of faithfulness— you have saved me.
6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the LORD.
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I hate those who embrace what is completely worthless. I myself trust the LORD.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
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I rejoice and celebrate in your faithful love because you saw my suffering— you were intimately acquainted with my deep distress.
8 You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.
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You didn't hand me over to the enemy, but set my feet in wide-open spaces.
9 Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.
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Have mercy on me, LORD, because I'm depressed. My vision fails because of my grief, as do my spirit and my body.
10 My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction,and my bones grow weak.
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My life is consumed with sadness; my years are consumed with groaning. Strength fails me because of my suffering; my bones dry up.
11 Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.
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I'm a joke to all my enemies, still worse to my neighbors. I scare my friends, and whoever sees me in the street runs away!
12 I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.
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I am forgotten, like I'm dead, completely out of mind; I am like a piece of pottery, destroyed.
13 For I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side!” They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
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Yes, I've heard all the gossiping, terror all around; so many gang up together against me, they plan to take my life!
14 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
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But me? I trust you, LORD! I affirm, "You are my God."
15 My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me.
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My future is in your hands. Don't hand me over to my enemies, to all who are out to get me!
16 Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.
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Shine your face on your servant; save me by your faithful love!
17 Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead.
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LORD, don't let me be put to shame because I have cried out to you. Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silenced in death's domain!
18 Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.
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Let their lying lips be shut up whenever they speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt!
19 How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you.
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How great is the goodness that you've reserved for those who honor you, that you commit to those who take refuge in you— in the sight of everyone!
20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.
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You hide them in the shelter of your wings, safe from human scheming. You conceal them in a shelter, safe from accusing tongues.
21 Praise be to the LORD, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege.
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Bless the LORD, because he has wondrously revealed his faithful love to me when I was like a city under siege!
22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
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When I was panicked, I said, "I'm cut off from your eyes!" But you heard my request for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
23 Love the LORD, all his faithful people! The LORD preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full.
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All you who are faithful, love the LORD! The LORD protects those who are loyal, but he pays the proud back to the fullest degree.
24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.
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All you who wait for the LORD, be strong and let your heart take courage.
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