Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.
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Give ear to my prayer, O God; do not hide yourself from my supplication.
2 Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my meditation, and troubled;
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Attend to me, and answer me; I am troubled in my complaint. I am distraught
3 because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.
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by the noise of the enemy, because of the clamor of the wicked. For they bring trouble upon me, and in anger they cherish enmity against me.
4 My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.
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My heart is in anguish within me, the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.
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Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me.
6 And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.
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And I say, "O that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
7 Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.
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truly, I would flee far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; (Selah)
8 I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.
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I would hurry to find a shelter for myself from the raging wind and tempest."
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying in the city.
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Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech; for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness are in the midst of it;
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Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it;
11 and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.
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ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.
12 For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated me had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.
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It is not enemies who taunt me— I could bear that; it is not adversaries who deal insolently with me— I could hide from them.
13 But thou, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance,
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But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend,
14 who in companionship with me sweetened our food: we walked in the house of God in concord.
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with whom I kept pleasant company; we walked in the house of God with the throng.
15 Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.
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Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol; for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.
16 I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me.
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But I call upon God, and the Lord will save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known my wants: and he shall hear my voice.
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Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.
18 He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many cases.
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He will redeem me unharmed from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.
19 God shall hear, and bring them low, even he that has existed from eternity. Pause.
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God, who is enthroned from of old, (Selah) will hear, and will humble them— because they do not change, and do not fear God.
20 He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.
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My companion laid hands on a friend and violated a covenant with me
21 They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.
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with speech smoother than butter, but with a heart set on war; with words that were softer than oil, but in fact were drawn swords.
22 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.
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But you, O God, will cast them down into the lowest pit; the bloodthirsty and treacherous shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.
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