Parallel Chapters Cast Your Cares on the Lord
(2 Samuel 17:15-29) | 1For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; | 1Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not yourself from my plea for mercy! | 1For the choir director; on stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. | 1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. | 1For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic Maskil. God, listen to my prayer and do not ignore my plea for help. |
| 2hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught | 2Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and I moan, | 2Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted, | 2Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; | 2Pay attention to me and answer me. I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint, |
| 3because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger. | 3because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me. | 3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me And in anger they bear a grudge against me. | 3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. | 3because of the enemy's voice, because of the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster on me and harass me in anger. |
| 4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen on me. | 4My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me. | 4My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. | 4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. | 4My heart shudders within me; terrors of death sweep over me. |
| 5Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. | 5Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror overwhelms me. | 5Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. | 5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. | 5Fear and trembling grip me; horror has overwhelmed me. |
| 6I said, "Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. | 6And I say, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest; | 6I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. | 6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. | 6I said, "If only I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. |
| 7I would flee far away and stay in the desert; | 7yes, I would wander far away; I would lodge in the wilderness; Selah | 7"Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah. | 7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. | 7How far away I would flee; I would stay in the wilderness. Selah |
| 8I would hurry to my place of shelter, far from the tempest and storm." | 8I would hurry to find a shelter from the raging wind and tempest.” | 8"I would hasten to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and tempest." | 8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. | 8I would hurry to my shelter from the raging wind and the storm." |
| 9Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city. | 9Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city. | 9Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city. | 9Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. | 9Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city; |
| 10Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it. | 10Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it; | 10Day and night they go around her upon her walls, And iniquity and mischief are in her midst. | 10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. | 10day and night they make the rounds on its walls. Crime and trouble are within it; |
| 11Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets. | 11ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace. | 11Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. | 11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. | 11destruction is inside it; oppression and deceit never leave its marketplace. |
| 12If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. | 12For it is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then I could hide from him. | 12For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him. | 12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: | 12Now it is not an enemy who insults me-- otherwise I could bear it; it is not a foe who rises up against me-- otherwise I could hide from him. |
| 13But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, | 13But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend. | 13But it is you, a man my equal, My companion and my familiar friend; | 13But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. | 13But it is you, a man who is my peer, my companion and good friend! |
| 14with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers. | 14We used to take sweet counsel together; within God’s house we walked in the throng. | 14We who had sweet fellowship together Walked in the house of God in the throng. | 14We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. | 14We used to have close fellowship; we walked with the crowd into the house of God. |
| 15Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them. | 15Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart. | 15Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst. | 15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. | 15Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them. |
| 16As for me, I call to God, and the LORD saves me. | 16But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. | 16As for me, I shall call upon God, And the LORD will save me. | 16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. | 16But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. |
| 17Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. | 17Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. | 17Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice. | 17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. | 17I complain and groan morning, noon, and night, and He hears my voice. |
| 18He rescues me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me. | 18He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. | 18He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who strive with me. | 18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. | 18Though many are against me, He will redeem me from my battle unharmed. |
| 19God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change-- he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God. | 19God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God. | 19God will hear and answer them-- Even the one who sits enthroned from of old-- Selah. With whom there is no change, And who do not fear God. | 19God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. | 19God, the One enthroned from long ago, will hear and will humiliate them Selah because they do not change and do not fear God. |
| 20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant. | 20My companion stretched out his hand against his friends; he violated his covenant. | 20He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He has violated his covenant. | 20He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. | 20My friend acts violently against those at peace with him; he violates his covenant. |
| 21His talk is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords. | 21His speech was smooth as butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. | 21His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords. | 21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. | 21His buttery words are smooth, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, but they are drawn swords. |
| 22Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. | 22Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. | 22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. | 22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. | 22Cast your burden on the LORD, and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. |
| 23But you, God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of decay; the bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days. But as for me, I trust in you. | 23But you, O God, will cast them down into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you. | 23But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You. | 23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. | 23God, You will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and treachery will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You. |
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