| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! | 1O LORD, I have come to you for protection; don’t let me be disgraced. Save me, for you do what is right. |
| 2Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me! | 2Turn your ear to listen to me; rescue me quickly. Be my rock of protection, a fortress where I will be safe. |
| 3For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me; | 3You are my rock and my fortress. For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger. |
| 4you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge. | 4Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me, for I find protection in you alone. |
| 5Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God. | 5I entrust my spirit into your hand. Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God. |
| 6I hate those who pay regard to worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD. | 6I hate those who worship worthless idols. I trust in the LORD. |
| 7I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul, | 7I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, for you have seen my troubles, and you care about the anguish of my soul. |
| 8and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place. | 8You have not handed me over to my enemies but have set me in a safe place. |
| 9Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. | 9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away. |
| 10For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away. | 10I am dying from grief; my years are shortened by sadness. Sin has drained my strength; I am wasting away from within. |
| 11Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me. | 11I am scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbors— even my friends are afraid to come near me. When they see me on the street, they run the other way. |
| 12I have been forgotten like one who is dead; I have become like a broken vessel. | 12I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot. |
| 13For I hear the whispering of many— terror on every side!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life. | 13I have heard the many rumors about me, and I am surrounded by terror. My enemies conspire against me, plotting to take my life. |
| 14But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.” | 14But I am trusting you, O LORD, saying, “You are my God!” |
| 15My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors! | 15My future is in your hands. Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly. |
| 16Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love! | 16Let your favor shine on your servant. In your unfailing love, rescue me. |
| 17O LORD, let me not be put to shame, for I call upon you; let the wicked be put to shame; let them go silently to Sheol. | 17Don’t let me be disgraced, O LORD, for I call out to you for help. Let the wicked be disgraced; let them lie silent in the grave. |
| 18Let the lying lips be mute, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt. | 18Silence their lying lips— those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly. |
| 19Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind! | 19How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world. |
| 20In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men; you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues. | 20You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from those who conspire against them. You shelter them in your presence, far from accusing tongues. |
| 21Blessed be the LORD, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city. | 21Praise the LORD, for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love. He kept me safe when my city was under attack. |
| 22I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from your sight.” But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help. | 22In panic I cried out, “I am cut off from the LORD!” But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help. |
| 23Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride. | 23Love the LORD, all you godly ones! For the LORD protects those who are loyal to him, but he harshly punishes the arrogant. |
| 24Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD! | 24So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD! |
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