American Standard Version of 1901
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I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God:Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Show thy marvellous lovingkindness,O thou that savest {Or, them that take refuge…rise up against thy right hand}by thy right hand them that take refuge in theeFrom those that rise up against them.
Keep me as the apple of the eye;Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
From the wicked that oppress me,My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,
not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the {Or, laver}washing of regeneration {Or, and through renewing}and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,And my {Hebrew: ankles.}feet have not slipped.
Even there shall thy hand lead me,And thy right hand shall hold me.
who being the effulgence of his glory, and {Or, the impress of his substance}the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
but unto {Greek: the called themselves.}them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God!And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
For the Chief Musician; set to Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me;For my soul taketh refuge in thee:Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge,Until these {Or, wickedness}calamities be overpast.
For thou hast been my help,And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
He will cover thee with his pinions,And under his wings shalt thou take refuge:His truth is a shield and a buckler.
Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.
and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me: and he hath made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he kept me close:
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
He found him in a desert land,And in the waste howling wilderness;He compassed him about, he cared for him,He kept him as the apple of his eye.
As an eagle that stirreth up her nest,That fluttereth over her young, {Or, Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions}He spread abroad his wings, he took them,He bare them on his pinions.
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.