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Good News Translation GNT
1 To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God, protect me from those who 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 those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty 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 life; fierce men band themselves against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, 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 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Rouse thyself, come to my help, and see!
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nor because of any fault of mine, O Lord, that they hurry to their places.
5 Thou, LORD God of hosts, art God of Israel. Awake to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. [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 Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.
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They come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city.
7 There they are, bellowing with their mouths, and snarling with their lips--for "Who," they think, "will hear us?"
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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, dost laugh at them; thou dost hold all the nations in derision.
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But you laugh at them, Lord; you mock all the heathen.
9 O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee; for thou, O God, art my fortress.
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I have confidence in your strength; you are my refuge, O God.
10 My God in his steadfast love will meet me; my God will let me look in triumph on my 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; make them totter 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 mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies which they utter,
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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 till they are no more, that men may know that God rules over Jacob to 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 Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city.
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My enemies come back in the evening, snarling like dogs as they go about the city,
15 They roam about for food, and growl if they do not get their fill.
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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 might; I will sing aloud of thy steadfast love in the morning. For thou hast been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
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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 O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee, for thou, O God, art my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.
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I will praise you, my defender. My refuge is God, the God who loves me.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.