Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 Save me from my enemies, my God; protect me from those who attack me!
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Deliver me from my enemies, O God; be my fortress against those who are attacking me.
2 Save me from those evil people; rescue me from those murderers!
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Deliver me from evildoers and save me from those who are after my blood.
3 Look! They are waiting to kill me; cruel people are gathering against me. It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done,
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See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, LORD.
4 nor because of any fault of mine, O Lord, that they hurry to their places.
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I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight!
5 Rise, Lord God Almighty, and come to my aid; see for yourself, God of Israel! Wake up and punish the heathen; show no mercy to evil traitors!
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You, LORD God Almighty, you who are the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors.
6 They come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city.
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They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.
7 Listen to their insults and threats. Their tongues are like swords in their mouths, yet they think that no one hears them.
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See what they spew from their mouths— the words from their lips are sharp as swords, and they think, “Who can hear us?”
8 But you laugh at them, Lord; you mock all the heathen.
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But you laugh at them, LORD; you scoff at all those nations.
9 I have confidence in your strength; you are my refuge, O God.
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You are my strength, I watch for you; you, God, are my fortress,
10 My God loves me and will come to me; he will let me see my enemies defeated.
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my God on whom I can rely. God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
11 Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your strength and defeat them, O Lord, our protector.
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But do not kill them, Lord our shield,or my people will forget. In your might uproot them and bring them down.
12 Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful; may they be caught in their pride! Because they curse and lie,
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For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,
13 destroy them in your anger; destroy them completely. Then everyone will know that God rules in Israel, that his rule extends over all the earth.
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consume them in your wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob.
14 My enemies come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city,
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They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.
15 like dogs roaming about for food and growling if they do not find enough.
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They wander about for food and howl if not satisfied.
16 But I will sing about your strength; every morning I will sing aloud of your constant love. You have been a refuge for me, a shelter in my time of trouble.
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But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
17 I will praise you, my defender. My refuge is God, the God who loves me.
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You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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