Parallel Chapters I Waited Patiently for the Lord | 1For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. | 1I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. | 1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. | 1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. | 1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. I waited patiently for the LORD, and He turned to me and heard my cry for help. |
| 2He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. | 2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. | 2He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. | 2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. | 2He brought me up from a desolate pit, out of the muddy clay, and set my feet on a rock, making my steps secure. |
| 3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him. | 3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD. | 3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the LORD. | 3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. | 3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. |
| 4Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. | 4Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie! | 4How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood. | 4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. | 4How happy is the man who has put his trust in the LORD and has not turned to the proud or to those who run after lies! |
| 5Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare. | 5You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told. | 5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count. | 5Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. | 5 LORD my God, You have done many things-- Your wonderful works and Your plans for us; none can compare with You. If I were to report and speak of them, they are more than can be told. |
| 6Sacrifice and offering you did not desire-- but my ears you have opened -- burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. | 6In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. | 6Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. | 6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. | 6You do not delight in sacrifice and offering; You open my ears to listen. You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering. |
| 7Then I said, "Here I am, I have come-- it is written about me in the scroll. | 7Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: | 7Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. | 7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, | 7Then I said, "See, I have come; it is written about me in the volume of the scroll. |
| 8I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart." | 8I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” | 8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart." | 8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. | 8I delight to do Your will, my God; Your instruction lives within me." |
| 9I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, LORD, as you know. | 9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD. | 9I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O LORD, You know. | 9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. | 9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; see, I do not keep my mouth closed-- as You know, LORD. |
| 10I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly. | 10I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation. | 10I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation. | 10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. | 10I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart; I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation; I did not conceal Your constant love and truth from the great assembly. |
| 11Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me. | 11As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! | 11You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me. | 11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. | 11 LORD, do not withhold Your compassion from me; Your constant love and truth will always guard me. |
| 12For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me. | 12For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me. | 12For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me. | 12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. | 12For troubles without number have surrounded me; my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my courage leaves me. |
| 13Be pleased to save me, LORD; come quickly, LORD, to help me. | 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me! | 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; Make haste, O LORD, to help me. | 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. | 13 LORD, be pleased to deliver me; hurry to help me, LORD. |
| 14May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. | 14Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt! | 14Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt. | 14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. | 14Let those who seek to take my life be disgraced and confounded. Let those who wish me harm be driven back and humiliated. |
| 15May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be appalled at their own shame. | 15Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!” | 15Let those be appalled because of their shame Who say to me, "Aha, aha!" | 15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. | 15Let those who say to me, "Aha, aha!" be horrified because of their shame. |
| 16But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, "The LORD is great!" | 16But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!” | 16Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, "The LORD be magnified!" | 16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. | 16Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; let those who love Your salvation continually say," The LORD is great!" |
| 17But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay. | 17As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God! | 17Since I am afflicted and needy, Let the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God. | 17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. | 17I am afflicted and needy; the Lord thinks of me. You are my helper and my deliverer; my God, do not delay. |
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