PDF Psalms 1-140

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 \v 2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter
-\q and our tongues with singing.
+\q and our tongues with joyful shouting.
 \q Then they said among the nations,
 \q "Yahweh has done great things for them."
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-\v 4 Restore our fortunes, Yahweh,
+\v 4 Reverse our captivity, Yahweh,
 \q like the streams in the Negev.
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 \v 5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
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 \v 1 Blessed is everyone who honors Yahweh,
 \q who walks in his ways.
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-\v 2 What your hands provide, you will enjoy;
+\v 2 The labor of your hands you will enjoy;
 \q you will be blessed and prosper.
 
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 \v 4 Yahweh is righteous;
-\q he has cut the ropes of the wicked."
+\q he has cut off the ropes of the wicked."
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 \v 5 May they all be put to shame and turned back,
 \q those who hate Zion.
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 \v 7 Israel, hope in Yahweh.
 \q Yahweh is merciful,
-\q and he is very willing to forgive.
+\q and with him is great redemption.
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 \v 8 It is he who will redeem Israel
-\q from all his sins.
+\q from all his iniquities.
 
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-\v 3 He said, "I will not enter my house
-\q or get into my bed,
+\v 3 He said, "I will not enter the tent of my house
+\q or get on the couch of my bed,
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 \v 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes
 \q or rest to my eyelids
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 \q "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
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 \v 12 If your sons keep my covenant
-\q and the laws that I will teach them,
+\q and the solemn commands that I will teach them,
 \q their children also will sit on your throne forevermore."
 
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-\v 18 to him who killed famous kings,
+\v 18 to him who killed majestic kings,
 \q2 (His covenant faithfulness endures forever.)
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 \v 19 Sihon king of the Amorites
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-\v 24 to him who has given us victory over our enemies,
+\v 24 to him who has rescued us from our enemies,
 \q2 (His covenant faithfulness endures forever.)
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 \v 25 who gives food to all living beings.
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 \v 3 There our captors required songs from us,
-\q and those who mocked us required us to be happy, saying,
+\q and those who mocked us required joy from us, saying,
 \q "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
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 \v 4 How could we sing a song about Yahweh
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-\v 7 Though I walk in the middle of danger, you will preserve my life;
+\v 7 Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will preserve my life;
 \q you will reach out with your hand against the anger of my enemies,
 \q and your right hand will save me.
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 \v 8 Yahweh is with me to the end;
 \q your covenant faithfulness, Yahweh, endures forever.
-\q Do not forsake the ones whom your hands have made.
+\q Do not forsake the works of your hands.
 
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 \v 5 Behind me and before me you surround me
 \q and place your hand upon me.
 \q
-\v 6 Such knowledge is too much for me;
+\v 6 Such knowledge is incomprehensible to me;
 \q it is too high, and I cannot reach it.
 
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-\v 9 If I fly away on the wings of the morning
+\v 9 If I fly away on the wings of the dawn
 \q and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea,
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 \v 10 even there your hand will lead me,
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 \v 19 If only you would kill the wicked, God;
-\q get away from me, you violent men.
+\q get away from me, you men of bloodshed.
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 \v 20 They rebel against you and act deceitfully;
 \q your enemies tell lies.
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 \v 4 Keep me from the hands of the wicked, Yahweh;
 \q preserve me from violent men
-\q who plan to knock me over.
+\q who plan to push down my steps.
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 \v 5 The proud have set a trap for me;
 \q they have spread a net;
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 \v 6 I said to Yahweh, "You are my God;
-\q give ear to my cries for mercy."
+\q give ear to the sound of my pleas."
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 \v 7 Yahweh, my Lord, you are powerfully able to save me;
 \q you shield my head in the day of battle.
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 \v 8 Yahweh, do not grant the desires of the wicked;
-\q do not let their plots succeed.
+\q do not let their evil plans succeed.
 \qs Selah\qs*
 
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 \q I will make them as praise, and I will change their shame into renown in all the earth.
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 \v 20 At that time I will lead you; at that time I will gather you together.
-\q I will give you renown and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,"
+\q I will give you renown and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I reverse your captivity before your eyes,"
 \q says Yahweh.