Verse
KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
O LORD
my God, in thee do I put
my
trust
: save me from all them that persecute
me, and deliver me :
O Jehovah
my God, in thee do I take
refuge
: Save me from all them that pursue
me, and deliver me ,
Lest he
tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Lest they
tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
O LORD
my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
O Jehovah
my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is
mine enemy:
)
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was
mine adversary;
)
Let the enemy persecute
my soul, and take
it; yea, let him tread down
my life upon
the earth, and lay mine
honour
in the dust. Selah .
Let the enemy pursue
my soul, and overtake
it; Yea, let him tread my life down
to
the earth, And lay my
glory
in the dust. Selah
Arise, O LORD
, in thine anger ,
lift up thyself because
of
the rage of mine enemies:
and awake for me to
the
judgment
that
thou hast commanded.
Arise, O Jehovah
, in thine anger ;
Lift up thyself against
the rage of mine adversaries,
And awake for me ;
thou hast commanded judgment
.
So
shall
the congregation of the people
compass thee about :
for
their
sakes
therefore
return thou on high.
And
let
the congregation of the peoples
compass thee about ;
And
over
them
return thou on high.
The
LORD
shall
judge
the people
: judge me, O LORD
, according to my righteousness, and according
to mine integrity that is in me.
Jehovah
ministereth
judgment
to
the peoples
: Judge me, O Jehovah
, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
Oh
let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end ;
but establish the just
: for the righteous God trieth the hearts
and reins
.
O
let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end ,
but establish thou
the righteous
: For the righteous God trieth the minds
and hearts
.
My defence
is of
God, which
saveth the upright in heart.
My shield
is with
God, Who
saveth the upright in heart.
God judgeth
the
righteous, and
God is
angry
with
the
wicked
every day.
God is
a
righteous judge
, Yea,
a
God that
hath
indignation
every day.
If he
turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
If a
man
turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth
his arrows against
the
persecutors
.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh
his arrows fiery
`shafts'
.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and
hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity ;
Yea
, he
hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
He hath
made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent
dealing
shall come down upon his own pate.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence
shall come down upon his own pate.
I will praise
the
LORD
according to his righteousness :
and will sing praise to the name of the
LORD
most high.
I will give
thanks
unto
Jehovah
according to his righteousness ,
And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah
Most High. Psalm
8
For
the
Chief
Musician;
set
to
the
Gittith.
A
Psalm
of
David.
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