| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! | 1Hear my prayer, O LORD; listen to my plea! Answer me because you are faithful and righteous. |
| 2Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. | 2Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you. |
| 3For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. | 3My enemy has chased me. He has knocked me to the ground and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave. |
| 4Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled. | 4I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear. |
| 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. | 5I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done. |
| 6I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah | 6I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude |
| 7Answer me quickly, O LORD! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit. | 7Come quickly, LORD, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die. |
| 8Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. | 8Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you. |
| 9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD! I have fled to you for refuge. | 9Rescue me from my enemies, LORD; I run to you to hide me. |
| 10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! | 10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing. |
| 11For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble! | 11For the glory of your name, O LORD, preserve my life. Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress. |
| 12And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant. | 12In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant. |
| ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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