| International Standard Version | New International Version |
| 1In you, LORD, I have taken refuge. Let me never be ashamed. Because you are righteous, deliver me! | 1For the director of music. A psalm of David. In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. |
| 2Listen to me, and deliver me quickly. Become a rock of safety for me, a fortified citadel to deliver me; | 2Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. |
| 3For you are my rock and my fortress; for the sake of your name guide me and lead me. | 3Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. |
| 4Rescue me from the net that they concealed to trap me; for you are my strength. | 4Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. |
| 5Into your hands I commit my spirit; for you have redeemed me, LORD God of truth. | 5Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, LORD, my faithful God. |
| 6I despise those who trust vain idols; but I have trusted in the LORD. | 6I hate those who cling to worthless idols; as for me, I trust in the LORD. |
| 7I will rejoice and be glad in your gracious love, for you see my affliction and take note that my soul is distressed. | 7I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. |
| 8You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy, but you have set my feet in a sturdy place. | 8You have not given me into the hands of the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place. |
| 9Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes have been consumed by my grief along with my soul and my body. | 9Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. |
| 10My life is consumed by sorrow, my years with groaning. My strength has faltered because of my iniquity; my bones have been consumed. | 10My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak. |
| 11I have become an object of reproach to all my enemies, especially to my neighbors. I have become an object of fear to my friends, and whoever sees me outside runs away from me. | 11Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors and an object of dread to my closest friends-- those who see me on the street flee from me. |
| 12Like a dead man, I am forgotten in their thoughts — like broken pottery. | 12I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery. |
| 13I have heard the slander of many; it is like terror all around me, as they conspire together and plot to take my life. | 13For I hear many whispering, "Terror on every side!" They conspire against me and plot to take my life. |
| 14But I trust in you, LORD. I say, "You are my God." | 14But I trust in you, LORD; I say, "You are my God." |
| 15My times are in your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me. | 15My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me. |
| 16May your face shine on your servant; in your gracious love, deliver me. | 16Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. |
| 17Let me not be ashamed, LORD, for I have called upon you. Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in the next life. | 17Let me not be put to shame, LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and be silent in the realm of the dead. |
| 18Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt. | 18Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous. |
| 19How great is your goodness that you have reserved for those who fear you, that you have set in place for those who take refuge in you, in the presence of the children of men. | 19How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you. |
| 20You will hide them in the secret place of your presence, away from the conspiracies of men. You will hide them in your tent, away from their contentious tongues. | 20In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues. |
| 21Blessed be the LORD! In a marvelous way he demonstrated his gracious love to me, when I was in a city under siege. | 21Praise be to the LORD, for he showed me the wonders of his love when I was in a city under siege. |
| 22When I said in my panic, "I have been cut off in your sight," then you surely heard the voice of my prayer in my plea to you for help. | 22In my alarm I said, "I am cut off from your sight!" Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help. |
| 23Love the LORD, all his godly ones! The LORD preserves the faithful and repays those who act with proud motives. | 23Love the LORD, all his faithful people! The LORD preserves those who are true to him, but the proud he pays back in full. |
| 24Be strong, and let your heart be courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD. | 24Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD. |
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