| King James Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. | 1I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. |
| 2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. | 2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. |
| 3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. | 3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD. |
| 4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. | 4Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! |
| 5Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. | 5You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told. |
| 6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. | 6In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. |
| 7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, | 7Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: |
| 8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. | 8I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” |
| 9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. | 9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD. |
| 10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. | 10I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation. |
| 11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. | 11As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! |
| 12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. | 12For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me. |
| 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. | 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me! |
| 14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. | 14Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt! |
| 15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. | 15Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!” |
| 16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. | 16But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!” |
| 17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. | 17As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! |
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