New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Rescue me from my enemies, O God. Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.
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To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
2 Rescue me from these criminals; save me from these murderers.
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Deliver me from workers of iniquity, And from men of blood save me.
3 They have set an ambush for me. Fierce enemies are out there waiting, LORD, though I have not sinned or offended them.
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For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.
4 I have done nothing wrong, yet they prepare to attack me. Wake up! See what is happening and help me!
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Without punishment they run and prepare themselves, Stir up to meet me, and see.
5 O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, wake up and punish those hostile nations. Show no mercy to wicked traitors. Interlude
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And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.
6 They come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets.
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They turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And go round about the city.
7 Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths; their words cut like swords. “After all, who can hear us?” they sneer.
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Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for `Who heareth?'
8 But LORD, you laugh at them. You scoff at all the hostile nations.
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And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.
9 You are my strength; I wait for you to rescue me, for you, O God, are my fortress.
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O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower -- the God of my kindness.
10 In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me. He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies.
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God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.
11 Don’t kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons; stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees, O Lord our shield.
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Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12 Because of the sinful things they say, because of the evil that is on their lips, let them be captured by their pride, their curses, and their lies.
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The sin of their mouth [is] a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.
13 Destroy them in your anger! Wipe them out completely! Then the whole world will know that God reigns in Israel. Interlude
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Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 My enemies come out at night, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets.
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And they turn back at evening, They make a noise like a dog, And they go round about the city.
15 They scavenge for food but go to sleep unsatisfied.
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They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur.
16 But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress.
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And I -- I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.
17 O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love.
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O my Strength, unto Thee I sing praise, For God [is] my tower, the God of my kindness!