Good News Translation GNT
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 Lord, I have come to you for protection; never let me be defeated!
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In thee, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame!
2 Because you are righteous, help me and rescue me. Listen to me and save me!
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In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline thy ear to me, and save me!
3 Be my secure shelter and a strong fortress to protect me; you are my refuge and defense.
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Be thou to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for thou art my rock and my fortress.
4 My God, rescue me from wicked people, from the power of cruel and evil people.
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Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
5 Sovereign Lord, I put my hope in you; I have trusted in you since I was young.
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For thou, O Lord, art my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth.
6 I have relied on you all my life; you have protected me since the day I was born. I will always praise you.
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Upon thee I have leaned from my birth; thou art he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of thee.
7 My life has been an example to many, because you have been my strong defender.
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I have been as a portent to many; but thou art my strong refuge.
8 All day long I praise you and proclaim your glory.
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My mouth is filled with thy praise, and with thy glory all the day.
9 Do not reject me now that I am old; do not abandon me now that I am feeble.
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Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.
10 My enemies want to kill me; they talk and plot against me.
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For my enemies speak concerning me, those who watch for my life consult together,
11 They say, "God has abandoned him; let's go after him and catch him; there is no one to rescue him."
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and say, "God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him."
12 Don't stay so far away, O God; my God, hurry to my aid!
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O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!
13 May those who attack me be defeated and destroyed. May those who try to hurt me be shamed and disgraced.
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May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt.
14 I will always put my hope in you; I will praise you more and more.
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But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.
15 I will tell of your goodness; all day long I will speak of your salvation, though it is more than I can understand.
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My mouth will tell of thy righteous acts, of thy deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will proclaim your goodness, yours alone.
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With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come, I will praise thy righteousness, thine alone.
17 You have taught me ever since I was young, and I still tell of your wonderful acts.
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O God, from my youth thou hast taught me, and I still proclaim thy wondrous deeds.
18 Now that I am old and my hair is gray, do not abandon me, O God! Be with me while I proclaim your power and might to all generations to come.
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So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, till I proclaim thy might to all the generations to come. Thy power
19 Your righteousness, God, reaches the skies. You have done great things; there is no one like you.
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and thy righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like thee?
20 You have sent troubles and suffering on me, but you will restore my strength; you will keep me from the grave.
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Thou who hast made me see many sore troubles wilt revive me again; from the depths of the earth thou wilt bring me up again.
21 You will make me greater than ever; you will comfort me again.
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Thou wilt increase my honor, and comfort me again.
22 I will indeed praise you with the harp; I will praise your faithfulness, my God. On my harp I will play hymns to you, the Holy One of Israel.
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I will also praise thee with the harp for thy faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to thee with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
23 I will shout for joy as I play for you; with my whole being I will sing because you have saved me.
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My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to thee; my soul also, which thou hast rescued.
24 I will speak of your righteousness all day long, because those who tried to harm me have been defeated and disgraced.
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And my tongue will talk of thy righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disgraced who sought to do me hurt.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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.