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 \v 5 You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
 \q abounding in steadfast love to all those who cry out to you.
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-\v 6 Give ear, Yahweh;
+\v 6 Give ear, Yahweh, to my prayer;
 \q hear the sound of my pleas.
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 \v 7 In the day of my trouble I call on you,
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-\v 5 I am abandoned among the dead;
+\v 5 I am free among the dead;
 \q I am like the dead who lie in the grave,
 \q about whom you care no more
 \q because they are cut off from your power.
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 \v 8 Because of you, my acquaintances avoid me.
-\q You have made me a shocking sight to them.
+\q You have made me an abomination to them.
 \q I am hemmed in and I cannot escape.
 
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 \v 11 Will your covenant faithfulness be proclaimed in the grave,
-\q your loyalty in the place of the dead?
+\q your faithfulness in the place of the dead?
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 \v 12 Will your wonderful deeds be known in the darkness,
 \q or your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness?
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 \v 15 I have always been afflicted and on the verge of death since my youth.
 \q I have suffered from your terrors; I am in despair.
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-\v 16 Your angry actions have passed over me,
+\v 16 Your burning anger has passed over me,
 \q and your terrifying deeds have annihilated me.
 
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 \v 11 The heavens belong to you, and the earth also.
-\q You made the world and all it contains.
+\q You established the world and all it contains.
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 \v 12 You created the north and the south.
 \q Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
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-\v 15 Blessed are the people who worship you!
+\v 15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
 \q Yahweh, they walk in the light of your face.
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 \v 16 They rejoice in your name all day long,
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-\v 17 You are their majestic strength,
-\q and by your favor we are victorious.
+\v 17 You are their glorious strength,
+\q and by your favor our horn is exalted.
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 \v 18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh;
 \q our king belongs to the Holy One of Israel.
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 \v 24 My truth and my covenant faithfulness will be with him;
-\q by my name he will be victorious.
+\q by my name his horn will be exalted.
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 \v 25 I will place his hand over the sea
 \q and his right hand over the rivers.
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 \v 41 All who pass by have robbed him.
-\q He has become an object of disgust to his neighbors.
+\q He has become a reproach to his neighbors.
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 \v 42 You have raised the right hand of his enemies;
 \q you have made all his enemies rejoice.
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 \q How long will your anger burn like fire?
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 \v 47 Oh, think about how short my time is,
-\q and for what uselessness you have created all the children of mankind!
+\q and for what vanity you have created all the children of mankind!
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 \v 48 Who can live and not die,
 \q or rescue his own life from the hand of Sheol?
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-\v 11 Who knows the intensity of your anger,
+\v 11 Who knows the power of your anger,
 \q and your wrath that is equal to the fear of you?
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 \v 12 So teach us to consider our life
-\q so that we might live wisely.
+\q so that we might gain a heart of wisdom.
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 \v 13 Turn back, Yahweh! How long will it be?
 \q Have pity on your servants.