1 ARST Yahweh, I have come to you to be safe; never allow me to become ashamed. BSB BSB: In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
2 ARST Because you always do what is right, help me and rescue me; listen to me, and save me! BSB BSB: In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
3 ARST Be like a huge rock on top of which I can be safe; be like a strong fortress in which I am safe. You have commanded your angels to rescue me. BSB BSB: Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
4 ARST God, rescue me from wicked people, from the power of unjust and evil men. BSB BSB: Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.
5 ARST Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one whom I confidently expect to help me; I have trusted in you ever since I was young. BSB BSB: For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.
6 ARST I have depended on you all my life; you have taken care of me since the day that I was born, so I will always praise you. BSB BSB: I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
7 ARST The manner in which you have rescued me has been an example to many people because they realize that you have been my strong defender. BSB BSB: I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
8 ARST I praise you all during the day, and I proclaim that you are glorious. BSB BSB: My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
9 ARST Now when I have become an old man, do not reject me; do not abandon me now when I am not strong anymore. BSB BSB: Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.
10 ARST My enemies say that they want to kill me; they talk together and plan how they can do that. BSB BSB: For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
11 ARST They say,“God has abandoned him; so now we can pursue him and seize him because there is no one who will rescue him.” BSB BSB: saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
12 ARST God, do not stay far away from me; hurry to help me! BSB BSB: Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
13 ARST Cause those who accuse me to be defeated and destroyed; cause those who want to harm me to be shamed and disgraced. BSB BSB: May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
14 ARST But as for me, I will continually and confidently expect you to do great things for me, and I will praise you more and more. BSB BSB: But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
15 ARST I will tell people that you do what is right; all during the day I will tell people how you have saved me, although what you have done is more than I can fully understand. BSB BSB: My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
16 ARST Yahweh, my Lord, I will praise you for your mighty deeds; I will proclaim that only you always act justly. BSB BSB: I will come in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.
17 ARST God, you have taught me many things ever since I was young, and I still tell people about your wonderful deeds. BSB BSB: O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
18 ARST Now, God, when I am old and my hair is gray, do not abandon me. Stay with me while I continue to proclaim to my children and grandchildren. BSB BSB: Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
19 ARST God, you do many righteous deeds; it is as though they extend up to the sky. You have done great things; there is no one like you. BSB BSB: Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
20 ARST You have caused us to have many troubles and to suffer much, but you will cause us to become strong again; when I am almost dead, you will keep us alive. BSB BSB: Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
21 ARST You will cause me to be greatly honored, and you will encourage me again. BSB BSB: You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
22 ARST I will also praise you while I play my harp; I will praise you, my God, for faithfully doing what you have promised to do. I will play hymns to praise you, the holy God whom we Israelites worship. BSB BSB: So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
23 ARST I will shout joyfully while I sing; with my entire inner being I will sing because you have rescued me. BSB BSB: When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
24 ARST All during the day I will tell people that you act righteously because those who wanted to harm me will have been defeated and disgraced. BSB BSB: My tongue will indeed proclaim Your righteousness all day long, for those who seek my harm are disgraced and confounded.
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