Psalms 1-75

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 \v 4 For they have no pain until their death,
 \q but they are strong and well fed.
 \q
-\v 5 They are free from the burdens of other men;
+\v 5 They are not in trouble like other men;
 \q they are not afflicted like other men.
 
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 \q Is there knowledge with the Most High?"
 \q
 \v 12 Take notice: these people are wicked;
-\q they are always carefree, becoming richer and richer.
+\q they are always at ease, becoming richer and richer.
 
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 \q They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors.
 \q
 \v 20 They are like a dream after one wakes up;
-\q2 Lord, when you arise, you will think nothing of those dreams.
+\q2 Lord, when you arise, you will despise their image.
 
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-\v 21 For my heart was grieved,
+\v 21 For my heart was embittered,
 \q and I was deeply wounded.
 \q
 \v 22 I was ignorant and lacked insight;
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-\v 3 Come look at the complete ruins,
+\v 3 Come look at the everlasting ruins,
 \q all the damage that the enemy has done in the holy place.
 \q
 \v 4 Your adversaries roared in the middle of your appointed place;
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-\v 7 They set your sanctuary on fire;
-\q they desecrated where you live, knocking it to the ground.
+\v 7 They set your sanctuary on fire, knocking it to the ground;
+\q they desecrated the dwelling place of your name.
 \q
 \v 8 They said in their hearts, "We will destroy them all."
-\q They burned up all of your meeting places in the land.
+\q They burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.
 
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 \v 16 The day is yours, and the night is yours also;
-\q you set the sun and moon in place.
+\q you set the light and the sun in place.
 \q
 \v 17 You have set all the borders of the earth;
 \q you have made summer and winter.
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-\v 22 Arise, God; defend your own honor;
-\q call to mind how fools insult you all day long.
+\v 22 Arise, God; plead your own cause;
+\q call to mind how fools reproach you all day long.
 \q
 \v 23 Do not forget the voice of your adversaries
 \q or the uproar of those who continually defy you.
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 \d For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of Asaph, a song.
 \q
 \v 1 We give thanks to you, God;
-\q we give thanks, for you reveal your presence;
+\q we give thanks, for your name is near;
 \q people tell of your wondrous works.
 \q
 \v 2 At the appointed time I will judge fairly.
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 \q and to the wicked, "Do not lift up the horn.
 \q
 \v 5 Do not lift up your horn to the heights;
-\q do not speak with an insolent neck."
+\q do not speak with an arrogant neck."
 \q
 \v 6 It is not from the east or from the west,
 \q and it is not from the wilderness that lifting up comes.