New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 In you, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame.
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In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed.
2 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me.
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Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.
3 Be to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
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Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.
4 Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.
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O my God, take me out of the hand of the sinner, out of the hand of the evil and cruel man.
5 For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
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For you are my hope, O Lord God; I have had faith in you from the time when I was young.
6 Upon you I have leaned from my birth; it was you who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of you.
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You have been my support from the day of my birth; you took me out of my mother's body; my praise will be ever of you.
7 I have been like a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge.
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I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.
8 My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all day long.
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My mouth will be full of your praise and glory all the day.
9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my strength is spent.
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Do not give me up when I am old; be my help even when my strength is gone.
10 For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my life consult together.
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For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,
11 They say, "Pursue and seize that person whom God has forsaken, for there is no one to deliver."
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Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.
12 O God, do not be far from me; O my God, make haste to help me!
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O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to my help.
13 Let my accusers be put to shame and consumed; let those who seek to hurt me be covered with scorn and disgrace.
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Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.
14 But I will hope continually, and will praise you yet more and more.
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But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.
15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all day long, though their number is past my knowledge.
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My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.
16 I will come praising the mighty deeds of the Lord God, I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.
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I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.
17 O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
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O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.
18 So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to all the generations to come. Your power
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Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come.
19 and your righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you?
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Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?
20 You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
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You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.
21 You will increase my honor, and comfort me once again.
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You will make me greater than before, and give me comfort on every side.
22 I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
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I will give praise to you with instruments of music, O my God, for you are true; I will make songs to you with music, O Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued.
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Joy will be on my lips when I make melody to you; and in my soul, to which you have given salvation.
24 All day long my tongue will talk of your righteous help, for those who tried to do me harm have been put to shame, and disgraced.
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My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame.
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