The Lord is with you, while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you. | Yahweh is with you while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. |
Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his presence continually. | Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. |
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When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. | The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. |
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with all of you. | Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all. |
Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. | Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. |
One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. | One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple. |
You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. | You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more. |
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. | But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ. |
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. | By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. |
Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. | Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. |
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually. | Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more. |
I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. | I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you. |
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long. | Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever. |
Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. | Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. |
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness. | For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. |
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he not leave us or abandon us. | May Yahweh our God be with us as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake us. |
Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God. | Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God. |
No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known. | No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him. |
Cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ | Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’ |
He was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. | He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. |
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. | He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. |
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. | Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! |
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? |