Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 O Lord my God, in thee have I trusted: 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 at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save.
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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 is unrighteousness 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 requited with evil those who requited me with good; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.
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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, an take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. Pause.
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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 thy wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which thou didst command.
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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 And the congregation of the nations shall compass thee: and for this cause do thou return 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 nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence 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 sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest 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 help is righteous, coming from God who saves the upright in heart.
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God is my shield, who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day.
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God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day.
12 If ye will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has 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 And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones.
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he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.
14 Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.
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See how they conceive evil, and are pregnant with mischief, and bring forth lies.
15 He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.
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They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made.
16 His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.
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Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
17 I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing 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.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.
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