Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.
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I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright.
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He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
3 And he put a new song into my mouth, even a hymn to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.
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He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.
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Happy are those who make the Lord their trust, who do not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods.
5 O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number.
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You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you. Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be counted.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.
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Sacrifice and offering you do not desire, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
7 Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,
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Then I said, "Here I am; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart.
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I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.
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I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; see, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.
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I have not hidden your saving help within my heart, I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
11 But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.
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Do not, O Lord, withhold your mercy from me; let your steadfast love and your faithfulness keep me safe forever.
12 For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.
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For evils have encompassed me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me, until I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me.
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Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me.
14 Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.
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Let all those be put to shame and confusion who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt.
15 Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.
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Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!"
16 Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that 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 love your salvation say continually, "Great is the Lord!"
17 But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.
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As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God.
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