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-\v 4 Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil;
+\v 4 Certainly you are not a God who takes pleasure in evil;
 \q evil people will not be your guests.
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 \v 5 The arrogant will not stand in your presence;
 \q you hate all who behave wickedly.
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 \v 6 You will destroy liars;
-\q Yahweh despises violent and deceitful men.
+\q Yahweh abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
 
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 \v 6 I am weary with my groaning.
 \q All night I drench my bed with tears;
-\q I wash my couch away with my tears.
+\q I dissolve my couch with my tears.
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 \v 7 My eyes grow dim from grief;
 \q they grow weak because of all my adversaries.
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 \v 3 Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
-\q and there is guilt on my hands—
+\q and there is injustice on my hands—
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 \v 4 if I have done evil to him who was at peace with me,
-\q or senselessly harmed my enemy without cause, then hear my words.
+\q or harmed my enemy for no reason—
 
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-\v 5 Then let my enemy pursue my life and overtake me;
+\v 5 then let my enemy pursue my life and overtake me;
 \q let him trample my life to the ground
 \q and lay my honor in the dust.
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 \q stand up against the rage of my enemies;
 \q wake up for my sake and carry out the righteous decrees that you have commanded for them.
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-\v 7 The countries are assembled all around you;
+\v 7 The peoples are assembled all around you;
 \q take once more your rightful place over them.
 
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 \v 12 If a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword
 \q and will prepare his bow for battle.
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-\v 13 He prepares to use weapons against him;
+\v 13 He prepares to use deadly weapons against him;
 \q he makes his arrows flaming shafts.
 
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 \q who conceives destructive plans, who gives birth to harmful lies.
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 \v 15 He digs a pit and hollows it out
-\q and then falls into the hole he has made.
+\q and then falls into the pit he has made.
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 \v 16 His own destructive plans return to his own head,
 \q for his violence comes down on his own head.
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 \v 17 I will give thanks to Yahweh for his justice;
-\q I will sing praise to Yahweh Most High.
+\q I will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
 
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-\v 3 When I look up at your heavens, which your fingers have made,
+\v 3 When I look up at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
 \q the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
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 \v 4 Of what importance is the human race that you notice them,
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-\v 13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh; see how I am oppressed by those who hate me,
+\v 13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh; see my affliction by those who hate me,
 \q you who can snatch me from the gates of death.
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 \v 14 Oh, that I might proclaim all your praise.
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-\v 4 The wicked man has a raised face; he does not seek God.
-\q He never thinks about God because he does not care at all about him.
+\v 4 The wicked in the haughtiness of his face does not seek God.
+\q All his thoughts are that there is no God.
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 \v 5 He is secure at all times,
 \q but your righteous decrees are too high for him;
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 \v 11 He says in his heart, "God has forgotten;
-\q he covers his face; he will not bother to look."
+\q he covers his face; he will never see it."
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 \v 12 Arise, Yahweh! Lift up your hand, God!
 \q Do not forget the oppressed.
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 \d For the chief musician. A psalm of David.
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-\v 1 How long, Yahweh, will you keep forgetting about me?
+\v 1 How long, Yahweh, will you forget me? Forever?
 \q How long will you hide your face from me?
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 \v 2 How long must I worry
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 \v 5 They tremble with dread,
-\q for God is with the righteous assembly!
+\q for God is with the righteous generation!
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 \v 6 You want to humiliate the poor person
 \q even though Yahweh is his refuge.
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-\v 4 The worthless person is despised in his eyes,
+\v 4 The abhorrent is despised in his eyes,
 \q but he honors those who fear Yahweh.
 \q He swears to his own disadvantage and does not take back his promises.
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 \v 5 Yahweh, you are my chosen portion and my cup. You hold onto my lot.
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-\v 6 Measuring lines have been laid for me in pleasant places; surely a pleasing inheritance is mine.
+\v 6 Measuring lines have been laid for me in pleasant places; surely a beautiful inheritance is mine.
 
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