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Good News Translation GNT
1 In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
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Lord, I have come to you for protection; never let me be defeated!
2 In your righteousness, rescue me and deliver me; turn your ear to me and save me.
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Because you are righteous, help me and rescue me. Listen to me and save me!
3 Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
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Be my secure shelter and a strong fortress to protect me; you are my refuge and defense.
4 Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of those who are evil and cruel.
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My God, rescue me from wicked people, from the power of cruel and evil people.
5 For you have been my hope, Sovereign LORD, my confidence since my youth.
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Sovereign Lord, I put my hope in you; I have trusted in you since I was young.
6 From birth I have relied on you; you brought me forth from my mother’s womb. I will ever praise you.
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I have relied on you all my life; you have protected me since the day I was born. I will always praise you.
7 I have become a sign to many; you are my strong refuge.
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My life has been an example to many, because you have been my strong defender.
8 My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long.
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All day long I praise you and proclaim your glory.
9 Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
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Do not reject me now that I am old; do not abandon me now that I am feeble.
10 For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.
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My enemies want to kill me; they talk and plot against me.
11 They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”
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They say, "God has abandoned him; let's go after him and catch him; there is no one to rescue him."
12 Do not be far from me, my God; come quickly, God, to help me.
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Don't stay so far away, O God; my God, hurry to my aid!
13 May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.
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May those who attack me be defeated and destroyed. May those who try to hurt me be shamed and disgraced.
14 As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.
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I will always put my hope in you; I will praise you more and more.
15 My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long— though I know not how to relate them all.
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I will tell of your goodness; all day long I will speak of your salvation, though it is more than I can understand.
16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, Sovereign LORD; I will proclaim your righteous deeds, yours alone.
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I will go in the strength of the Lord God; I will proclaim your goodness, yours alone.
17 Since my youth, God, you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.
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You have taught me ever since I was young, and I still tell of your wonderful acts.
18 Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
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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.
19 Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God?
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Your righteousness, God, reaches the skies. You have done great things; there is no one like you.
20 Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
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You have sent troubles and suffering on me, but you will restore my strength; you will keep me from the grave.
21 You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.
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You will make me greater than ever; you will comfort me again.
22 I will praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
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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.
23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you— I whom you have delivered.
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I will shout for joy as I play for you; with my whole being I will sing because you have saved me.
24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.
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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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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.