| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Hear my prayer, O LORD; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! | 1LORD, hear my prayer. In your faithfulness listen to my plea, and in your righteousness answer me. |
| 2Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. | 2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous in your sight. |
| 3For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. | 3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing me to the ground, making me live in darkness like those long dead. |
| 4Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled. | 4My spirit is weak within me; my heart is overcome with dismay. |
| 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. | 5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on the work of your hands. |
| 6I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah | 6I spread out my hands to you; I am like parched land before you. Selah |
| 7Answer me quickly, O LORD! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit. | 7Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit. |
| 8Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. | 8Let me experience your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in you. Reveal to me the way I should go because I appeal to you. |
| 9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD! I have fled to you for refuge. | 9Rescue me from my enemies, LORD; I come to you for protection. |
| 10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! | 10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground. |
| 11For your name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble! | 11For your name's sake, LORD, let me live. In your righteousness deliver me from trouble, |
| 12And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul, for I am your servant. | 12and in your faithful love destroy my enemies. Wipe out all those who attack me, for I am your servant. |
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