| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1LORD, hear my prayer; pay attention to my request, because you are faithful; answer me in your righteousness. | 1Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! |
| 2Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no living person is righteous in your sight. | 2Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. |
| 3For those who oppose me are pursuing my life, crushing me to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those who died long ago. | 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. |
| 4As a result, my spirit is desolate within me, and my mind within me is appalled. | 4Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled. |
| 5I remember the former times, meditating on everything you have done. I think about the work of your hands. | 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. |
| 6I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude | 6I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah |
| 7Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit, | 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. |
| 8In the morning let me hear of your gracious love, for in you I trust. Cause me to know the way I should take, because I have set my hope on you. | 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. |
| 9Deliver me from my enemies, LORD. I have taken refuge in you. | 9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD! I have fled to you for refuge. |
| 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! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! |
| 11For the sake of your name, LORD, preserve my life. Because you are righteous, bring me out of trouble. | 11For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble! |
| 12Because of your gracious love, you will cut off my enemies. You will destroy all who oppose me, for I am your servant. | 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. |
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