New Living Translation

New King James Version

O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don’t let me be disgraced.

1

God the Rock of Salvation

In You, O Lord, I put my trust;
Let me never be put to shame.

2

Save me and rescue me,
for you do what is right.
Turn your ear to listen to me,
and set me free.

2

Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;
Incline Your ear to me, and save me.

3

Be my rock of safety
where I can always hide.
Give the order to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

3

Be my [a]strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

4

My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked,
from the clutches of cruel oppressors.

4

Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5

O Lord, you alone are my hope.
I’ve trusted you, O LORD, from childhood.

5

For You are my hope, O Lord God;
You are my trust from my youth.

6

Yes, you have been with me from birth;
from my mother’s womb you have cared for me.
No wonder I am always praising you!

6

By You I have been [b]upheld from birth;
You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise shall be continually of You.

7

My life is an example to many,
because you have been my strength and protection.

7

I have become as a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.

8

That is why I can never stop praising you;
I declare your glory all day long.

8

Let my mouth be filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all the day.

9

And now, in my old age, don’t set me aside.
Don’t abandon me when my strength is failing.

9

Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

10

For my enemies are whispering against me.
They are plotting together to kill me.

10

For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together,

11

They say, “God has abandoned him.
Let’s go and get him,
for no one will help him now.”

11

Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”

12

O God, don’t stay away.
My God, please hurry to help me.

12

O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!

13

Bring disgrace and destruction on my accusers.
Humiliate and shame those who want to harm me.

13

Let them be [c]confounded and consumed
Who are adversaries of my life;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor
Who seek my hurt.

14

But I will keep on hoping for your help;
I will praise you more and more.

14

But I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.

15

I will tell everyone about your righteousness.
All day long I will proclaim your saving power,
though I am not skilled with words.a

15

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And Your salvation all the day,
For I do not know their limits.

16

I will praise your mighty deeds, O Sovereign LORD.
I will tell everyone that you alone are just.

16

I will go in the strength of the Lord God;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

17

O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood,
and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.

17

O God, You have taught me from my youth;
And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.

18

Now 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.

18

Now also when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to everyone who is to come.

19

Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens.
You have done such wonderful things.
Who can compare with you, O God?

19

Also Your righteousness, O God, is [d]very high,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?

20

You 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.

20

You, who have shown me great and severe troubles,
Shall revive me again,
And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

21

You will restore me to even greater honor
and comfort me once again.

21

You shall increase my greatness,
And comfort me on every side.

22

Then 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.

22

Also with the lute I will praise You —
And Your faithfulness, O my God!
To You I will sing with the harp,
O Holy One of Israel.

23

I will shout for joy and sing your praises,
for you have ransomed me.

23

My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And my soul, which You have redeemed.

24

I will tell about your righteous deeds
all day long,
for everyone who tried to hurt me
has been shamed and humiliated.

24

My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long;
For they are confounded,
For they are brought to shame
Who seek my hurt.

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