King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
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O Lord my God, in you I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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or like a lion they will tear me apart; they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
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O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
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if I have repaid my ally with harm or plundered my foe without cause,
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
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then let the enemy pursue and overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay my soul in the dust. (Selah)
6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
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Rise up, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake, O my God; you have appointed a judgment.
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
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Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered around you, and over it take your seat on high.
8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
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The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
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O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.
10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
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God is my shield, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
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God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
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If one does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and strung his bow;
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
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See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies.
15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
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They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
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Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
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I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
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New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, 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.