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 \v 3 For he will rescue you from the snare of the hunter
-\q and from the deadly plague.
+\q and from the destructive plague.
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 \v 4 He will cover you with his wings,
 \q and under his wings you will find refuge.
-\q His trustworthiness is a shield and protection.
+\q His faithfulness is a shield and protection.
 
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 \q or of the arrow that flies by day,
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 \v 6 or of the plague that stalks in the darkness,
-\q or of the destruction that devastates at noon.
+\q or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.
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 \v 7 A thousand may fall at your side
 \q and ten thousand at your right hand,
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 \v 10 No evil will overtake you;
-\q no affliction will come near your home.
+\q no affliction will come near your tent.
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-\v 11 For he will direct his angels to protect you,
+\v 11 For he will put his angels in charge over you,
 \q to guard you in all your ways.
 
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-\v 14 Because he is devoted to me, I will rescue him.
+\v 14 Because he delights in me, I will rescue him.
-\q I will protect him because he is loyal to me.
+\q I will protect him because he acknowledges my name.
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 \v 15 When he calls to me, I will answer him.
 \q I will be with him in trouble;
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 \q and your truthfulness every night,
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 \v 3 with a lute of ten strings
-\q and the melody of the harp.
+\q and the resounding music of the harp.
 
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 \q nor does a fool understand this:
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 \v 7 When the wicked sprout like the grass,
-\q and even when all the evildoers thrive,
+\q and even when all those who do iniquity thrive,
 \q still they are doomed to eternal destruction.
 
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 \v 5 They crush your people, Yahweh;
-\q they afflict the nation that belongs to you.
+\q they afflict your heritage.
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 \v 6 They kill the widow and foreigner who lives in their country,
 \q and they murder the fatherless.
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-\v 8 Understand, you stupid people!
+\v 8 Pay attention, you stupid people!
-\q You fools, when will you ever learn?
+\q You fools, when will you gain understanding?
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 \v 9 He who made the ear, does he not hear?
 \q He who formed the eye, does he not see?
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 \v 18 When I said, "My foot is slipping,"
 \q Your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, held me up.
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-\v 19 When cares within me are many, your consolations make me happy.
+\v 19 When cares within me are many, your consolations delight my soul.
 
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 \v 20 Can a throne of destruction be allied with you,
-\q one who creates injustice by statute?
+\q one that creates trouble by statute?
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 \v 21 They conspire together to take the life of the righteous
-\q and they condemn the innocent to death.
+\q and they declare guilty the blood of the innocent.
 
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 \v 1 Oh come, let us sing to Yahweh;
-\q let us sing joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
+\q let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
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 \v 2 Let us enter his presence with thanksgiving;
-\q let us sing to him with psalms of praise.
+\q let us shout joyfully to him with psalms of praise.
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 \v 3 For Yahweh is a great God
 \q and a great King superior to all gods.
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 \v 8 "Do not harden your heart, as at Meribah,
 \q or as on the day of Massah in the wilderness,
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-\v 9 where your forefathers tested me
+\v 9 where your forefathers tested me;
-\q and tried me, though they had seen my deeds.
+\q they put me to the test, though they had seen my deeds.
 
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 \q and said, 'This is a people whose hearts wander astray;
 \q they have not known my ways.'
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-\v 11 Therefore I vowed in my anger
+\v 11 Therefore I swore in my anger
 \q that they would never enter into my resting place."
 
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 \v 5 Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp,
 \q with the harp and melodious song.
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-\v 6 With rams' horns and the sound of the horn,
+\v 6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn,
-\q make a joyful noise before the King, Yahweh.
+\q shout joyfully before the King, Yahweh.
 
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 \v 8 You answered them, Yahweh our God.
 \q A forgiving God you were to them,
-\q but one who punished their sinful deeds.
+\q but also an avenger of their sinful deeds.
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 \v 9 Praise Yahweh our God,
 \q and worship at his holy hill,