King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
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Save me from my enemies, my God; protect me from those who attack me!
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
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Save me from those evil people; rescue me from those murderers!
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
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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,
4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
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nor because of any fault of mine, O Lord, that they hurry to their places.
5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
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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!
6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
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They come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
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Listen to their insults and threats. Their tongues are like swords in their mouths, yet they think that no one hears them.
8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
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But you laugh at them, Lord; you mock all the heathen.
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
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I have confidence in your strength; you are my refuge, O God.
10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
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My God loves me and will come to me; he will let me see my enemies defeated.
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
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Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your strength and defeat them, O Lord, our protector.
12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
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Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful; may they be caught in their pride! Because they curse and lie,
13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
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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.
14 And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
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My enemies come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city,
15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
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like dogs roaming about for food and growling if they do not find enough.
16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
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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.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
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I will praise you, my defender. My refuge is God, the God who loves me.
The King James Version is in the public domain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.