American Standard Version of 1901
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Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul:Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee:In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
I am weary with my groaning;Every night make I my bed to swim;I water my couch with my tears.
Mine eye wasteth away because of grief;It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee:They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
The dead praise not {Hebrew: Jah.}Jehovah,Neither any that go down into silence;
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day:The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Jehovah is ready to save me:Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instrumentsAll the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.
And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
But Abraham said, {Greek: Child.}Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased!Many are they that rise up against me.
Many there are that say {Or, to}of my soul,There is no {Or, salvation}help for him in God. [Selah
But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me;My glory and the lifter up of my head.
I cry unto Jehovah with my voice,And he answereth me out of his holy hill. [Selah
I laid me down and slept;I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the peopleThat have set themselves against me round about.
Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God:For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone;Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
{Or, Victory}Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah:Thy blessing be upon thy people. [Selah
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the peopleThat have set themselves against me round about.
Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God:For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone;Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow,And all my members are as a shadow.
My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me:As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.