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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea;
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To the Overseer with stringed instruments. -- An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.
2 hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught
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Attend to me, and answer me, I mourn in my meditation, and make a noise,
3 because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger.
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Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.
4 My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me.
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My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
5 Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me.
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Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
6 I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.
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And I say, `Who doth give to me a pinion as a dove? I fly away and rest,
7 I would flee far away and stay in the desert;
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Lo, I move far off, I lodge in a wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm.”
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I hasten escape for myself, From a rushing wind, from a whirlwind.
9 Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.
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Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.
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By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,
11 Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets.
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Mischiefs [are] in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.
12 If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.
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For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.
13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,
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But thou, a man -- as mine equal, My familiar friend, and mine acquaintance.
14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers.
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When together we sweeten counsel, Into the house of God we walk in company.
15 Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
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Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol -- alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.
16 As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
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I -- to God I call, and Jehovah saveth me.
17 Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
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Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,
18 He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
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He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.
19 God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change— he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God.
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God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,
20 My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.
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He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
21 His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.
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Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].
22 Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
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Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.
23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you.
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And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!
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