| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1 LORD, I seek refuge in You; let me never be disgraced. | 1In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame! |
| 2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; listen closely to me and save me. | 2In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me, and save me! |
| 3Be a rock of refuge for me, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and fortress. | 3Be to me a rock of refuge, to which I may continually come; you have given the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. |
| 4Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive. | 4Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man. |
| 5For You are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. | 5For you, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O LORD, from my youth. |
| 6I have leaned on You from birth; You took me from my mother's womb. My praise is always about You. | 6Upon you I have leaned from before my birth; you are he who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you. |
| 7I have become an ominous sign to many, but You are my strong refuge. | 7I have been as a portent to many, but you are my strong refuge. |
| 8My mouth is full of praise and honor to You all day long. | 8My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day. |
| 9Don't discard me in my old age; as my strength fails, do not abandon me. | 9Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent. |
| 10For my enemies talk about me, and those who spy on me plot together, | 10For my enemies speak concerning me; those who watch for my life consult together |
| 11saying, "God has abandoned him; chase him and catch him, for there is no one to rescue him." | 11and say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him.” |
| 12God, do not be far from me; my God, hurry to help me. | 12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me! |
| 13May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed; may those who seek my harm be covered with disgrace and humiliation. | 13May my accusers be put to shame and consumed; with scorn and disgrace may they be covered who seek my hurt. |
| 14But I will hope continually and will praise You more and more. | 14But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. |
| 15My mouth will tell about Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot sum them up. | 15My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge. |
| 16I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone. | 16With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone. |
| 17God, You have taught me from my youth, and I still proclaim Your wonderful works. | 17O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. |
| 18Even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me. Then I will proclaim Your power to another generation, Your strength to all who are to come. | 18So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come. |
| 19Your righteousness reaches heaven, God, You who have done great things; God, who is like You? | 19Your righteousness, O God, reaches the high heavens. You who have done great things, O God, who is like you? |
| 20You caused me to experience many troubles and misfortunes, but You will revive me again. You will bring me up again, even from the depths of the earth. | 20You 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. |
| 21You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. | 21You will increase my greatness and comfort me again. |
| 22Therefore, I will praise You with a harp for Your faithfulness, my God; I will sing to You with a lyre, Holy One of Israel. | 22I 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. |
| 23My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to You because You have redeemed me. | 23My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed. |
| 24Therefore, my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm will be disgraced and confounded. | 24And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointed who sought to do me hurt. |
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