For just as in one body we have many parts, and the parts do not all have the same function, so we, though many, make up one body in Christ, and individually we are all parts of one another. | For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. |
Blessed be the Lord, day after day, the God of our salvation, who carries our burden. Selah | Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah. |
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Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the one who sustains me. | Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul. |
In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. | In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. |
But you, O Lord, are a shield to protect me; you are my glory and the one who raises my head high. | But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. |
He has made everything suitable for its time, and he has given men a sense of past and future, but they never have the slightest comprehension of what God has wrought from beginning to end. | He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. |
The Lord makes poor and makes rich, he humbles and he also exalts. | Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. |
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cries of supplication. | Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. |
Salvation comes from the Lord. May your blessing be upon your people. Selah | Salvation belongs to Yahweh. May your blessing be on your people. Selah. |
Then Job arose, tore his cloak, and shaved his head. He threw himself prostrate on the ground and said: “Naked I emerged from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” | Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped. He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.” |
Give us this day our daily bread. | Give us today our daily bread. |
In that way, I can come to you in joy, if God so wills, and be refreshed together with you. | That I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest. |
Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he pleases. | But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. |
While Peter was thus imprisoned, the Church prayed fervently to God for him. | Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him. |
When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud of heart and quickly forgot me. | According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me. |
You, O Lord, are light for my lamp; O my God, you make my darkness turn to light. | For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness. |
Those who live according to the flesh fix their attention on the things of the flesh, while those who live according to the Spirit set their thoughts on spiritual things. | For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. |
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah | I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah. |