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Psalms 39
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
For the end, a Psalm of David.
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.
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For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright.
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He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
And he put a new song into my mouth, [even] a hymn to our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.
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He 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.
Blessed [is] the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, and [who] has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.
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Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood (note: Or who turn aside to false gods or who run after lies).
O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke [of them]: they exceeded number.
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Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and [sacrifice] for sin thou didst not require.
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Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened (note: Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts but a body You prepared for me). Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,
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Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart.
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I delight to do Your will, O my God (note: Cited in Hebrews 10:5–7); Your law is within my heart.”
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.
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I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.
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I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.
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O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.
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For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me.
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Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.
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May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.
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May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
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May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.
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But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.