Parallel Chapters I Take Refuge in You | 1A shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, | 1O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me, | 1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, | 1Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: | 1A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite. Yahweh my God, I seek refuge in You; save me from all my pursuers and rescue me |
| 2or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me. | 2lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver. | 2Or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver. | 2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. | 2or they will tear me like a lion, ripping me apart with no one to rescue me. |
| 3LORD my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands-- | 3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, | 3O LORD my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands, | 3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; | 3Yahweh my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice on my hands, |
| 4if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe-- | 4if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, | 4If I have rewarded evil to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary, | 4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) | 4if I have done harm to one at peace with me or have plundered my adversary without cause, |
| 5then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust. | 5let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah | 5Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And lay my glory in the dust. Selah. | 5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. | 5may an enemy pursue and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah |
| 6Arise, LORD, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. | 6Arise, O LORD, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. | 6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment. | 6Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. | 6Rise up, LORD, in Your anger; lift Yourself up against the fury of my adversaries; awake for me; You have ordained a judgment. |
| 7Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high. | 7Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high. | 7Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You, And over them return on high. | 7So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. | 7Let the assembly of peoples gather around You; take Your seat on high over it. |
| 8Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High. | 8The LORD judges the peoples; judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me. | 8The LORD judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me. | 8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. | 8The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity. |
| 9Bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure-- you, the righteous God who probes minds and hearts. | 9Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God! | 9O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds. | 9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. | 9Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. The One who examines the thoughts and emotions is a righteous God. |
| 10My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart. | 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. | 10My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. | 10My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. | 10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. |
| 11God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day. | 11God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day. | 11God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day. | 11God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. | 11God is a righteous judge and a God who shows His wrath every day. |
| 12If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow. | 12If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow; | 12If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready. | 12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. | 12If anyone does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has strung His bow and made it ready. |
| 13He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows. | 13he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts. | 13He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. | 13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. | 13He has prepared His deadly weapons; He tips His arrows with fire. |
| 14Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. | 14Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. | 14Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood. | 14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. | 14See, the wicked one is pregnant with evil, conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit. |
| 15Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made. | 15He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. | 15He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made. | 15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. | 15He dug a pit and hollowed it out but fell into the hole he had made. |
| 16The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads. | 16His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends. | 16His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate. | 16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. | 16His trouble comes back on his own head, and his violence falls on the top of his head. |
| 17I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High. | 17I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High. | 17I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. | 17I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. | 17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness; I will sing about the name of Yahweh the Most High. |
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