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1In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be humiliated. | 1In you, O LORD, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! |
2Rescue and deliver me, because you are righteous. Turn your ear to me and save me. | 2Vindicate me by rescuing me! Listen to me! Deliver me! |
3Be my sheltering refuge where I may go continuously; command my deliverance for you are my rock and fortress. | 3Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold. |
4My God, deliver me from the power of the wicked and the grasp of ruthless practicers of evil. | 4My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the hand of the cruel oppressor! |
5For you are my hope, Lord GOD, my security since I was young. | 5For you give me confidence, O Lord; O LORD, I have trusted in you since I was young. |
6I depended on you since birth, when you brought me from my mother's womb; I praise you continuously. | 6I have leaned on you since birth; you pulled me from my mother's womb. I praise you continually. |
7I have become an example to many that you are my strong refuge. | 7Many are appalled when they see me, but you are my secure shelter. |
8My mouth is filled with your praise and your splendor daily. | 8I praise you constantly and speak of your splendor all day long. |
9Don't throw me away when I am old; do not abandon me when my strength fails. | 9Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me! |
10For my enemies talk against me; those who seek to kill me plot together | 10For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise. |
11and say, "God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there's no deliverer." | 11They say, "God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!" |
12God, do not be distant from me. My God, come quickly to help me. | 12O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me! |
13Let my adversaries be ashamed and consumed; let those who seek my destruction be covered with scorn and disgrace. | 13May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace! |
14As for me, I will hope continuously and will praise you more and more. | 14As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you. |
15I will declare your righteousness and your salvation every day, though I do not fully understand what the outcome will be. | 15I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent. |
16Lord GOD, I will come in the power of your mighty acts, remembering your righteousness—yours alone. | 16I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign LORD. I will proclaim your justice--yours alone. |
17God, you taught me from my youth, so I am still declaring your awesome deeds. | 17O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds. |
18Also, when I reach old age and have gray hair, God, do not forsake me, until I have declared your power to this generation and your might to the next one. | 18Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power. |
19Your many righteous deeds, God, are great, | 19Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you? |
20God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth. | 20Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth! |
21You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. | 21Raise me to a position of great honor! Turn and comfort me! |
22I also will praise you with the harp; because of your faithfulness, my God, I will praise you with the lyre— Holy One of Israel. | 22I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel! |
23My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, whose life you have redeemed. | 23My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me! |
24Moreover, my tongue will speak all day about your justice; for those who seek my destruction will be utterly humiliated. | 24All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed. |
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