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1 Hear me, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
1 Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.
2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you; save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God;
2 Watch over my life because I [am] faithful. You [are] my God; save your servant. [I am] the one who trusts you.
3 have mercy on me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.
3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, because I call to you {all day long}.
4 Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you.
4 Make glad the soul of your servant, because {I desire you}, O Lord.
5 You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
5 For you, O Lord, [are] good and forgiving, and abundant in loyal love for all who call to you.
6 Hear my prayer, LORD; listen to my cry for mercy.
6 Heed, O Yahweh, my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 When I am in distress, I call to you, because you answer me.
7 In the day of my trouble I call to you, because you answer me.
8 Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.
8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, and there are no works like yours.
9 All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord; they will bring glory to your name.
9 All [the] nations that you have made will come and bow down before you, O Lord, and glorify your name.
10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God.
10 For you [are] great and doing wondrous things; you alone [are] God.
11 Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.
11 Teach me, O Yahweh, your way, [that] I may walk in your truth. Unite my heart to fear your name.
12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.
12 I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and glorify your name forever,
13 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths, from the realm of the dead.
13 because your loyal love [is] great toward me, and you will have delivered my life from Sheol below.
14 Arrogant foes are attacking me, O God; ruthless people are trying to kill me— they have no regard for you.
14 O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, even a gang of ruthless men seek my life, but they do not set you before them.
15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
15 But you, O Lord, [are] a compassionate and gracious God, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.
16 Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant; save me, because I serve you just as my mother did.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give your strength to your servant, and grant victory to the son of your maidservant.
17 Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
17 Do a sign [that] benefits me, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame, because you, O Yahweh, have helped me and comforted me.
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