The Bible in Its Traditions

Psalms 80:0; 9:1–17:15

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I will give thanks unto YHWH with my whole heart; I will tell of all Thy marvellous works.

title  For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son.

I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all thy wonderful works.

title  Unto the end. For the secrets of the Son. A Psalm of David.

I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart. I will recount all your wonders.

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I will be glad and exult in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy name, O Most High

Ps9:2  I will rejoice and exult in you. I will sing a psalm to your name, O Most High.

When mine enemies are turned back, they stumble and perish at Thy presence;

Ps9:3  For my enemy will be turned back. They will be weakened and perish before your face.

For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.

Ps9:4  For you have accomplished my judgment and my cause. You have sat upon the throne that judges justice.

Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Ps9:5  You have rebuked the Gentiles, and the impious one has perished. You have deleted their name in eternity and for all generations.

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O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished.

The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and thou hast destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise,

My enemies have been annihilated by the sword for ever; and thou hast destroyed the villages and their very memory hath perished.

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But YHWH is enthroned for ever; He hath established His throne for judgment.

but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgement.

Ps9:7  But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.

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And He will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples with equity.

And he shall judge the world in righteousness and the people in uprightness.

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YHWH also will be a high tower for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble;

The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

Ps9:9  And the Lord has become a refuge for the poor, a helper in opportunity, in tribulation.

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10  And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; for thou, YHWH, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.

10  And let them that know thy name hope in thee: for thou, O Lord, hast not failed them that diligently seek thee.

Ps9:10  And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.

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11  Sing praises to YHWH, who dwelleth in Zion; declare among the peoples His doings.

Ps9:11  Sing a psalm to the Lord, who dwells in Zion. Announce his study among the Gentiles.

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12  For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.

12  For he remembered them, in making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.

Ps9:12  Because of those who yearned for their blood, he has remembered them. He has not forgotten the cry of the poor.

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13  Be gracious unto me, O YHWH, behold mine affliction at the hands of them that hate me; Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

13  Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction which I suffer of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death

Ps9:13  Have mercy on me, Lord. See my humiliation from my enemies.

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14  That I may tell of all Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in Thy salvation.

Ps9:14  You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.

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15  The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

15  The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

Ps9:15  I will exult in your salvation. The Gentiles have become trapped in the ruin that they made. Their foot has been caught in the same snare that they themselves had hidden.

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16  YHWH hath made Himself known, He hath executed judgment, the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah

16  The Lord is known as executing judgements: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.

16  The LORD makes known the judgment which he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

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17  The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.

17  Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even all the nations that forget God.

Ps9:17  The sinners will be turned into Hell: all the Gentiles who have forgotten God.

18  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

18  For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

Ps9:18  For the poor will not be forgotten in the end. The patience of the poor will not perish in the end.

19  Arise, O YHWH, let not man prevail; let the nations be judged in Thy sight.

19  Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before thee.

Ps9:19  Rise up, Lord: do not let man be strengthened. Let the Gentiles be judged in your sight.

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20  Set terror over them, O YHWH; let the nations know they are but men. Selah

20  Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.

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10:1  Why standest Thou afar off, O YHWH? Why hidest Thou Thyself in times of trouble?

Ps9:21  So then, why, O Lord, have you withdrawn far away? Why have you overlooked us in opportunity, in tribulation?

10:2  Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Ps9:22  While the impious is arrogant, the poor is enflamed. They are held by the counsels that they devise.

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10:3  For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn YHWH.

Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

Ps9:23  For the sinner is praised by the desires of his soul, and the iniquitous is blessed.

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10:4  The wicked, in the pride of his countenance , saith : 'He will not require'; all his thoughts are: 'There is no God.'

The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after him : God is not before him.

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10:5  His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

His ways are profane at all times; thy judgements are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

Ps9:25  God is not before his sight. His ways are stained at all times. Your judgments are removed from his face. He will be master of all his enemies.

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10:6  He saith in his heart: 'I shall not be moved, I who to all generations shall not be in adversity.'

For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, continuing without evil from generation to generation.

He says in his heart, I shall not be moved from generation to generation; for he conceives evil.

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10:7  His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

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10:8  He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

He lies in wait with rich men in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor.

Ps9:28  He sits in ambush, with resources in hidden places, so that he may execute the innocent.

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10:9  He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

Ps9:29  His eyes catch sight of the poor. He lies in ambush, in hiding like a lion in his den. He lies in ambush, so that he may seize the poor, to seize the poor as he draws him in.

He lies in wait to snare the poor by drawing him into his net.

10:10  He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.

Ps9:30  With his snare, he will bring him down. He will crouch down and pounce, when he has power over the poor.

10  He shall be humbled and overthrown, and in his bones there shall be sickness and pain.

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10:11  He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'

11  For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

11  He says in his heart, God has forgotten; he has turned away his face; he will never see it.

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10:12  Arise, O YHWH; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.

12  Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

Ps9:32  O Lord God, rise up. Let your hand be exalted. Do not forget the poor.

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10:13  Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say in his heart: 'Thou wilt not require'?

Ps9:33  How has the impious one provoked God? For he has said in his heart, “He will not inquire.”

13  Why does the wicked provoke God? He says in his heart, God does not seek vengeance.

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10:14  Thou hast seen; for Thou beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite them with Thy hand; unto Thee the helpless committeth himself; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

14  Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.

Ps9:34  You do see, for you examine hardship and sorrow, so that you may deliver them into your hands. The poor one has been abandoned to you. You will be a helper to the orphan.

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10:15  Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

Ps9:35  Break the arm of the sinner and the malicious. His sin will be sought, and it will not be found.

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10:16  YHWH is King for ever and ever; the nations are perished out of His land.

16  The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish out his land.

16  The LORD is King for ever and ever; the Gentiles are perished out of his land.

10:17  YHWH, Thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou wilt cause Thine ear to attend;

17  The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

17  LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thine ear hath heard the preparation of their heart;

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10:18  To right the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.

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11:1  For the Leader. A Psalm of David. In YHWH have I taken refuge; how say ye to my soul: 'Flee thou! to your mountain, ye birds'?

title  Unto the end. A Psalm of David.

I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, “Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow.”

IN the LORD put I my trust; how say you to me, Flee as a bird to the mountains?

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11:2  For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, they have made ready their arrow upon the string, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

For behold the sinners have bent their bow, they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot privily at the upright in heart.

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11:3  When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?

For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done?

For if they have destroyed the foundations which the LORD has prepared, what can the righteous do?

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11:4  YHWH is in His holy temple, YHWH, His throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.

The Lord is in his holy temple, as for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: his eyes look upon the poor, his eyelids try the sons of men.

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11:5  YHWH trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.

The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

Ps10:5  The Lord questions the just and the impious. Yet he who loves iniquity, hates his own soul.

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11:6  Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup.

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11:7  For YHWH is righteous, He loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold His face.

For the Lord is righteous, and loves righteousness; his face beholds uprightness.

Ps10:7  For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.

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12:1  Help, YHWH; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

title  For the end, A Psalm of David, upon the eighth.

Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men.

SAVE, O LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for faith hath disappeared from the earth.

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12:2  They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour; with flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Ps11:2  They have been speaking emptiness, each one to his neighbor; they have been speaking with deceitful lips and a duplicitous heart.

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12:3  May YHWH cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things!

Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words

Ps11:3  May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.

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12:4  Who have said: 'Our tongue will we make mighty; our lips are with us: who is lord over us?'

Ps11:4  They have said: “We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?”

For they have said, With our tongue will we prevail: our lips are our own; who is lord over us?

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12:5  'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith YHWH; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.'

Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

Because of the oppression of the poor and the groans of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; and I will bring salvation openly.

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12:6  The words of YHWH are pure words, as silver tried in a crucible on the earth, refined seven times.

The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Ps11:6  The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

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12:7  Thou wilt keep them, O YHWH; Thou wilt preserve us from this generation for ever.

Thou, O Lord, shalt keep us, and shalt preserve us, from this generation, and for ever.

Ps11:7  You, O Lord, will preserve us, and you will guard us from this generation into eternity.

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12:8  The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

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13:1  How long, O YHWH, wilt Thou forget me for ever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?

title  For the end, a Psalm of David.

How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me? for ever? how long wilt thou turn away thy face from me?

Unto the end. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me until the end? How long will you turn your face away from me?

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13:2  How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

How long can I take counsel in my soul, sorrowing in my heart throughout the day?

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

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13:3  Behold Thou, and answer me, O YHWH my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

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13:4  Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved.

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13:5  But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.

But I have hoped in thy mercy; my heart shall exult in thy salvation.

But I have hoped in your mercy. My heart will exult in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, who assigns good things to me. And I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord Most High.

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13:6  I will sing unto YHWH, because He hath dealt bountifully with me.

I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high.

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14:1  For the Leader. A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good.

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The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.

THE fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have been defiled by their own devices; there is none that does good.

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14:2  YHWH looked forth from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any man of understanding, that did seek after God.

The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.

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14:3  They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.

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14:4  'Shall not all the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon YHWH?'

Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; the venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.

They recognized not the workers of iniquity, who devour my people as one eats bread; and they called not upon the LORD.

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14:5  There are they in great fear; for God is with the righteous generation.

There were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear; for God is in the righteous generation.

Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known.

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14:6  Ye would put to shame the counsel of the poor, but YHWH is his refuge.

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

14:7  Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When YHWH turneth the captivity of His people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? when the Lord brings back the captivity of his people, let Jacob exult, and Israel be glad.

Who will grant the salvation of Israel from Zion? When the Lord turns away the captivity of his people, Jacob will exult, and Israel will rejoice.

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15:1  A Psalm of David. YHWH, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell upon Thy holy mountain?

LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shall inhabit thy holy mountain?

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15:2  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh truth in his heart;

He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart.

He who walks without blemish and who works justice.

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15:3  That hath no slander upon his tongue, nor doeth evil to his fellow, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

Who has not spoken craftily with is tongue, neither has done evil to his neighbour, nor taken up a reproach against them that dwelt nearest to him.

He that deceives not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor accepts a bribe from his neighbor;

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15:4  In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that fear YHWH; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;

In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, but he honours them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbour, and disappoints him not.

In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing, but he glorifies those who fear the Lord. He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive.

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15:5  He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

He has not lent his money on usury, and has not received bribes against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.

He who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent. He who does these things will be undisturbed for eternity.

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16:1  Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.

title  A writing of David.

Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in thee.

PRESERVE me, O God; for in thee do I put my trust.

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16:2  I have said unto YHWH: 'Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee';

I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou has no need of my goodness.

I have said to the Lord: “You are my God, so you have no need of my goodness.”

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16:3  As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

On behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in them.

I said it also to the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

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16:4  Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips.

Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips.

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16:5  O YHWH, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.

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16:6  The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

The lots have fallen upon me with clarity. And, indeed, my inheritance has been very clear to me.

My portion of the land fell to me in goodly places; yea, I have been pleased with my heritage.

16:7  I will bless YHWH, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.

I will bless the Lord, who has bestowed understanding upon me. Moreover, my temperament has also corrected me, even through the night.

I will bless the LORD, for he has given me counsel; my intuition also guides me during the night.

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16:8  I have set YHWH always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

I have made provision for the Lord always in my sight. For he is at my right hand, so that I may not be disturbed.

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16:9  Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also dwelleth in safety;

Because of this, my heart has been joyful, and my tongue has exulted. Moreover, even my body will rest in hope.

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16:10  For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.

10  because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

10  For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

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16:11  Thou makest me to know the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness of joy, in Thy right hand bliss for evermore.

11  Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand there are delights for ever.

11  You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your countenance. At your right hand are delights, even to the end.

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17:1  A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O YHWH, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer from lips without deceit.

HEAR, O Holy LORD, and consider my supplication; give ear unto my prayer that proceedeth not out of deceitful lips.

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17:2  Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence; let Thine eyes behold equity.

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17:3  Thou hast tried my heart, Thou hast visited it in the night; Thou hast tested me, and Thou findest not that I had a thought which should not pass my mouth.

Thou has proved mine heart; thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: I am purposed that my mouth shall not speak amiss.

You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.

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17:4  As for the doings of men, by the word of Thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.

Therefore, may my mouth not speak the works of men. I have kept to difficult ways because of the words of your lips.

Through the conversation of my lips thou hast kept me from evil ways.

17:5  My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.

Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.

Thou hast strengthened my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.

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17:6  As for me, I call upon Thee, for Thou wilt answer me, O God; incline Thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.

I have cried out because you, O God, have listened to me. Incline your ear to me and heed my words.

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17:7  Make passing great Thy mercies, O Thou that savest by Thy right hand from assailants them that take refuge in Thee.

Shew the marvels of thy mercies, thou that savest them that hope in thee.

Make your mercies wonderful, for you save those who hope in you.

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17:8  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me in the shadow of Thy wings,

From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,

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17:9  From the wicked that oppress, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.

from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul.

From the sinners who plunder me, from the enemies of my soul who surround me.

17:10  Their gross heart they have shut tight, with their mouth they speak proudly.

10  They have enclosed themselves with their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride.

10  Silence their mouth, for they have spoken vanity.

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17:11  At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

11  They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes so as to bow them down to the ground.

11  They have praised me, and now have surrounded me; they have determined to bury me in the ground.

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17:12  He is like a lion that is eager to tear in pieces, and like a young lion lurking in secret places.

12  They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion’s whelp dwelling in secret places.

12  They have taken me, like a lion ready for the prey, and like a young lion dwelling in hiding.

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17:13  Arise, O YHWH, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword;

13  Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: draw thy sword,

13  Rise up, O Lord, arrive before him and displace him. Deliver my soul from the impious one: your spear from the enemies of your hand.

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17:14  From men, by Thy hand, O YHWH, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly Thou fillest with Thy treasure; who have children in plenty, and leave their abundance to their babes.

14  because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

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17:15  As for me, I shall behold Thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.

15  But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.

15  But as for me, I will appear before your sight in justice. I will be satisfied when your glory appears.