The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.> Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
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Be merciful to me, O God, because I am under attack; my enemies persecute me all the time.
2 My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
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All day long my opponents attack me. There are so many who fight against me.
3 In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
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When I am afraid, O Lord Almighty, I put my trust in you.
4 In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.
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I trust in God and am not afraid; I praise him for what he has promised. What can a mere human being do to me?
5 Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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My enemies make trouble for me all day long; they are always thinking up some way to hurt me!
6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
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They gather in hiding places and watch everything I do, hoping to kill me.
7 By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.
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Punish them, O God, for their evil; defeat those people in your anger!
8 You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?
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You know how troubled I am; you have kept a record of my tears. Aren't they listed in your book?
9 When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.
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The day I call to you, my enemies will be turned back. I know this: God is on my side -
10 In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.
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the Lord, whose promises I praise.
11 In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.
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In him I trust, and I will not be afraid. What can a mere human being do to me?
12 I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.
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O God, I will offer you what I have promised; I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,
13 Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.
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because you have rescued me from death and kept me from defeat. And so I walk in the presence of God, in the light that shines on the living.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.