Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Judge thou, O Lord, them that injure me, fight against them that fight against me.
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Contend, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help.
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Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise up to help me!
3 Bring forth a sword, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy salvation.
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Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul, "I am your salvation."
4 Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.
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Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life. Let them be turned back and confounded who devise evil against me.
5 Let them be as dust before the wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them.
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Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them.
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Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
7 For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.
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For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
8 Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare.
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Let ruin come on them unawares. And let the net that they hid ensnare them; let them fall in it—to their ruin.
9 But my soul shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight in his salvation.
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Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his deliverance.
10 All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.
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All my bones shall say, "O Lord, who is like you? You deliver the weak from those too strong for them, the weak and needy from those who despoil them."
11 Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I new not.
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Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me about things I do not know.
12 They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul.
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They repay me evil for good; my soul is forlorn.
13 But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my own bosom.
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But as for me, when they were sick, I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed on my bosom,
14 I behaved agreeably towards them as if it had been our neighbour or brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance.
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as though I grieved for a friend or a brother; I went about as one who laments for a mother, bowed down and in mourning.
15 Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but repented not.
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But at my stumbling they gathered in glee, they gathered together against me; ruffians whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
16 They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.
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they impiously mocked more and more, gnashing at me with their teeth.
17 O Lord, when wilt thou look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions.
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How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions!
18 I will give thanks to thee even in a great congregation: in an abundant people I will praise thee.
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Then I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes.
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Do not let my treacherous enemies rejoice over me, or those who hate me without cause wink the eye.
20 For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in their anger.
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For they do not speak peace, but they conceive deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
21 And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.
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They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha, our eyes have seen it."
22 Thou hast seen it, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, withdraw not thyself from me.
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You have seen, O Lord; do not be silent! O Lord, do not be far from me!
23 Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.
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Wake up! Bestir yourself for my defense, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 Judge me, O Lord, according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me.
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Vindicate me, O Lord, my God, according to your righteousness, and do not let them rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, it is pleasing to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him.
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Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha, we have our heart's desire." Do not let them say, "We have swallowed you up."
26 Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.
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Let all those who rejoice at my calamity be put to shame and confusion; let those who exalt themselves against me be clothed with shame and dishonor.
27 Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant.
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Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad, and say evermore, "Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant."
28 And my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness, and on thy praise all the day.
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Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all day long.
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