Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Only in God does my soul rest; from him <em>comes</em> my saving health.
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Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.
2 He only <em>is</em> my rock and my saving health; <em>he is</em> my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
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Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? Shall ye murder each other <em>until ye are</em> as a bowing wall <em>and as</em> a tottering fence?
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How long will you assault me? Would all of you throw me down— this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4 They only consult to cast <em>him</em> down from his greatness; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse in their inward parts. Selah.
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Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.
5 My soul, rest thou only in God, for my hope <em>is</em> from him.
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Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.
6 He only <em>is</em> my rock and my saving health; <em>he is</em> my defence; I shall not be moved.
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Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 In God <em>is</em> my saving health and my glory; the rock of my strength <em>and</em> my refuge <em>is</em> in God.
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My salvation and my honor depend on God ; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Wait in him at all times; <em>ye</em> peoples, pour out your heart before him; God <em>is</em> our refuge. Selah.
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Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
9 Surely the sons of Adam <em>are</em> vanity, <em>and</em> the sons of nobles <em>are</em> a lie; to be laid in the balance, they <em>are</em> altogether <em>lighter</em> than vanity.
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Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
10 Trust not in violence and become not vain in the taking of spoil; if riches increase, set not your heart <em>upon them</em>.
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Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
11 God has spoken once; twice have I heard this that power <em>belongs</em> unto God.
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One thing God has spoken, two things I have heard: “Power belongs to you, God,
12 Also unto thee, O Lord, <em>belongs</em> mercy, for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
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and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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