The Lord takes care of helpless people.\par I was without help,\par and the Lord saved me.\par
Psalm 16:1 - Easy To Read Version Protect me, God,\par because I depend on you.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Preserve me, O God: For in thee do I put my trust. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition KEEP and protect me, O God, for in You I have found refuge, and in You do I put my trust and hide myself. American Standard Version (1901) Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge. Common English Bible Protect me, God, because I take refuge in you. Catholic Public Domain Version A Prayer of David. Lord, listen to my justice, attend to my supplication. Pay attention to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips. |
The Lord takes care of helpless people.\par I was without help,\par and the Lord saved me.\par
People who trust in the Lord\par will be like Mount Zion.\par They will never be shaken.\par They will continue forever.\par
But people who ask God for help\par are very happy.\par Those people depend on the Lord their God.\par
I have followed your paths.\par My feet never left your way of living.\par
Protect me like the pupil {\cf2\super [90]} of your eye.\par Hide me in the shadow of your wings.\par
They tell me:\par “Call to the Lord for help.\par Maybe he will save you.\par If he likes you so much,\par then surely he will rescue you!”\par
God, protect me and save me.\par I trust you,\par so don’t disappoint me.\par
God’s followers, you should love the Lord!\par The Lord protects people that are loyal to him.\par But the Lord punishes people that brag about their own power.\par He gives them the punishment they deserve.\par
The Lord loves fairness.\par He will not leave his followers\par without help.\par The Lord will always protect his followers,\par but he will destroy wicked people.\par
God, people have attacked me,\par so be merciful to me.\par They have been constantly\par chasing me and fighting me.\par
God, you were angry at us.\par You rejected us\par and destroyed us.\par Please make us whole again.\par
Lord my God, I trust you.\par Save me from the people who are\par chasing me.\par Rescue me!\par
If you don’t help me,\par I will be like an animal\par caught by a lion.\par I will be carried away,\par with no one to save me!\par
People who know your name\par should trust you.\par Lord, if people come to you,\par you will not leave them without help.\par
People who love the Lord hate evil.\par So God saves his followers.\par God saves his followers from evil people.\par
He protects people who are fair to other people. He guards his holy people.
Truly in our own hearts we believed that we would die. But this happened so that we would not trust in ourselves. It happened so that we would trust in God, who raises people from death.
And I suffer now because I tell that Good News. But I am not ashamed. I know the One (Jesus) that I have believed. I am sure that he is able to protect the things that he has trusted me with until that Day. {\cf2\super [8]}