| New International Version | New Living Translation |
| 1A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift up my voice to the LORD for mercy. | 1I cry out to the LORD; I plead for the LORD’s mercy. |
| 2I pour out before him my complaint; before him I tell my trouble. | 2I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles. |
| 3When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me. | 3When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me. |
| 4Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life. | 4I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me. |
| 5I cry to you, LORD; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." | 5Then I pray to you, O LORD. I say, “You are my place of refuge. You are all I really want in life. |
| 6Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me. | 6Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me. |
| 7Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me. | 7Bring me out of prison so I can thank you. The godly will crowd around me, for you are good to me.” |
| New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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