1 In Thee, Jehovah, do I take 1 In Thee, Jehovah, do I take
refuge; let me not be ashamed refuge:
for ever: Let me not be put to shame
In Thy righteousness rescue for ever.
me.
2 In Thy righteousness deliver
2 _a_ Bend Thine ear to me and rescue me:
me; deliver me speedily. Bend Thine ear and save me.
The two verbs, which in the former psalm are in separate clauses
("deliver" and "rescue"), are here brought together. "Speedily" is
omitted, and "save" is substituted for "deliver," which has been drawn
into the preceding clause. Obviously no difference of meaning is
intended to be conveyed, and the changes look very like the inaccuracies
of memoriter quotations. The next variation is as follows:--