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The LORD Implored to Defend the Psalmist against the Wicked.A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. | ||||
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| 1 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, | 1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: | 1 [A [shiggaion] by David; he sang it to the LORD about the [slanderous] words of Cush, a descendant of Benjamin.] O LORD my God, I have taken refuge in you. Save me, and rescue me from all who are pursuing me. | 1 Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, | 1 {Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me; | 2 Or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver. | 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. | 2 Like a lion they will tear me to pieces and drag me off with no one to rescue me. | 2 lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. | 2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer. | 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands, | 3 O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; | 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this- if my hands are stained with injustice, | 3 Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, | 3 Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands; | 4 If I have rewarded evil to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary, | 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) | 4 if I have paid back my friend with evil or rescued someone who has no reason to attack me- | 4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), | 4 If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;) | 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And lay my glory in the dust. Selah. | 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. | 5 then let the enemy chase me and catch me. Let him trample my life into the ground. Let him lay my honor in the dust. [Selah] | 5 let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. | 5 Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment. | 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. | 6 Arise in anger, O LORD. Stand up against the fury of my attackers. Wake up, my God. You have already pronounced judgment. | 6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment. | 6 Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment. | 7 Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You, And over them return on high. | 7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. | 7 Let an assembly of people gather around you. Take your seat high above them. | 7 Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high. | 7 And the assembly of the peoples shall encompass thee; and for their sakes return thou on high. | 8 The LORD judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me. | 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. | 8 The LORD judges the people of the world. Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity. | 8 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me. | 8 Jehovah shall minister judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity which is in me. | 9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds. | 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. | 9 Let the evil within wicked people come to an end, but make the righteous person secure, O righteous God who examines thoughts and emotions. | 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. | 9 Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God. | 10 My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. | 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. | 10 My shield is God above, who saves those whose motives are decent. | 10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. | 10 My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day. | 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. | 11 God is a fair judge, a God who is angered by injustice every day. | 11 God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day. | 11 God is a righteous judge, and a �God who is indignant all the day. | 12 If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready. | 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. | 12 If a person does not change, God sharpens his sword. By bending his bow, he makes it ready [to shoot]. | 12 If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; he has bent and strung his bow. | 12 If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready, | 13 He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. | 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. | 13 He prepares his deadly weapons and turns them into flaming arrows. | 13 He has also prepared for himself the instruments of death. He makes ready his flaming arrows. | 13 And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning. | 14 Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood. | 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. | 14 See how that person conceives evil, is pregnant with harm, and gives birth to lies. | 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. | 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood: | 15 He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made. | 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. | 15 He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made [for others]. | 15 He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. | 15 He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate. | 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. | 16 His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him. | 16 The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head. | 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate. | 17 I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. | 17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. | 17 I will give thanks to the LORD for his righteousness. I will make music to praise the name of the LORD Most High. | 17 I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High. For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. | 17 I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High. |
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