Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me and heard my cry.
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I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of the pit of hopelessness, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock <em>and</em> straightened my steps.
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He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 And he has put a new song in my mouth, <em>even</em> praise unto our God; many shall see <em>it</em> and fear and shall wait on the LORD.
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He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORDand put their trust in him.
4 Blessed <em>is</em> that man that makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.
5 Thou hast increased, O LORD my God, thy wonderful works <em>which</em> thou hast done and thy thoughts regarding us; they are beyond our ability to express, declare, or speak; they cannot be told.
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Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened; burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required.
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Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened — burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
7 Then said I, Behold, I come; in the volume of the book <em>it is</em> written of me,
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Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll.
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law <em>is</em> within my bowels.
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I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; behold, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy truth and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.
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I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.
11 Do not withhold thy tender mercies from me, O LORD; let thy mercy and thy truth continually preserve me.
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Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about; my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to see; they are more than the hairs of my head; therefore my heart fails me.
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For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me.
13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me.
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Be pleased to save me, LORD; come quickly, LORD, to help me.
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my life to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
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May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
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May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
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But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The LORD is great!”
17 When I <em>am</em> poor and needy; the Lord will remember me; thou <em>art</em> my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
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But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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