Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
1Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul; | 1Of David. In you, LORD my God, I put my trust. |
2in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. | 2I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. |
3Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced. | 3No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are treacherous without cause. |
4Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. | 4Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. |
5Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. | 5Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. |
6Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age. | 6Remember, LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. |
7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD. | 7Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, LORD, are good. |
8Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way. | 8Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. |
9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way. | 9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. |
10All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees. | 10All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant. |
11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great. | 11For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. |
12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him. | 12Who, then, are those who fear the LORD? He will instruct them in the ways they should choose. |
13His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. | 13They will spend their days in prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the land. |
14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them. | 14The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. |
15My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh. | 15My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare. |
16Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted. | 16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. |
17The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress. | 17Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish. |
18Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins. | 18Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. |
19Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred. | 19See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me! |
20Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You. | 20Guard my life and rescue me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. |
21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You. | 21May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, LORD, is in you. |
22Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress. | 22Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles! |
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