| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1 LORD, I seek refuge in You; let me never be disgraced. | 1O LORD, I have come to you for protection; don’t let me be disgraced. |
| 2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; listen closely to me and save me. | 2Save me and rescue me, for you do what is right. Turn your ear to listen to me, and set me free. |
| 3Be a rock of refuge for me, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and fortress. | 3Be my rock of safety where I can always hide. Give the order to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. |
| 4Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive. | 4My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the clutches of cruel oppressors. |
| 5For You are my hope, Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth. | 5O Lord, you alone are my hope. I’ve trusted you, O LORD, from childhood. |
| 6I have leaned on You from birth; You took me from my mother's womb. My praise is always about You. | 6Yes, you have been with me from birth; from my mother’s womb you have cared for me. No wonder I am always praising you! |
| 7I have become an ominous sign to many, but You are my strong refuge. | 7My life is an example to many, because you have been my strength and protection. |
| 8My mouth is full of praise and honor to You all day long. | 8That is why I can never stop praising you; I declare your glory all day long. |
| 9Don't discard me in my old age; as my strength fails, do not abandon me. | 9And now, in my old age, don’t set me aside. Don’t abandon me when my strength is failing. |
| 10For my enemies talk about me, and those who spy on me plot together, | 10For my enemies are whispering against me. They are plotting together to kill me. |
| 11saying, "God has abandoned him; chase him and catch him, for there is no one to rescue him." | 11They say, “God has abandoned him. Let’s go and get him, for no one will help him now.” |
| 12God, do not be far from me; my God, hurry to help me. | 12O God, don’t stay away. My God, please hurry to help me. |
| 13May my adversaries be disgraced and destroyed; may those who seek my harm be covered with disgrace and humiliation. | 13Bring disgrace and destruction on my accusers. Humiliate and shame those who want to harm me. |
| 14But I will hope continually and will praise You more and more. | 14But I will keep on hoping for your help; I will praise you more and more. |
| 15My mouth will tell about Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot sum them up. | 15I will tell everyone about your righteousness. All day long I will proclaim your saving power, though I am not skilled with words. |
| 16I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness, Yours alone. | 16I will praise your mighty deeds, O Sovereign LORD. I will tell everyone that you alone are just. |
| 17God, You have taught me from my youth, and I still proclaim Your wonderful works. | 17O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood, and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do. |
| 18Even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me. Then I will proclaim Your power to another generation, Your strength to all who are to come. | 18Now that I am old and gray, do not abandon me, O God. Let me proclaim your power to this new generation, your mighty miracles to all who come after me. |
| 19Your righteousness reaches heaven, God, You who have done great things; God, who is like You? | 19Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens. You have done such wonderful things. Who can compare with you, O God? |
| 20You caused me to experience many troubles and misfortunes, but You will revive me again. You will bring me up again, even from the depths of the earth. | 20You have allowed me to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to life again and lift me up from the depths of the earth. |
| 21You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. | 21You will restore me to even greater honor and comfort me once again. |
| 22Therefore, I will praise You with a harp for Your faithfulness, my God; I will sing to You with a lyre, Holy One of Israel. | 22Then I will praise you with music on the harp, because you are faithful to your promises, O my God. I will sing praises to you with a lyre, O Holy One of Israel. |
| 23My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to You because You have redeemed me. | 23I will shout for joy and sing your praises, for you have ransomed me. |
| 24Therefore, my tongue will proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm will be disgraced and confounded. | 24I will tell about your righteous deeds all day long, for everyone who tried to hurt me has been shamed and humiliated. |
| Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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