Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another. | As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reveals the man. |
Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. | Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart. |
I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. | I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. |
Until a spirit from on high is poured out on us, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. | Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest. |
I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. |
A gossip goes about telling secrets, but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence. | A talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter. |
And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
As far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. |
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream. |
And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. | And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, as upon us at the beginning. |
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. | I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. |
So then, a sabbath rest still remains for the people of God; for those who enter God's rest also cease from their labors as God did from his. | There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. |
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 longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah |
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. | Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. |
For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover them with favor as with a shield. | For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. |
But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience, making me an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life. | However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. |
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. | Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. |
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. | As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. |
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. | For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. |
If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. | If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. |
God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, and makes me tread upon the heights. | The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. |
I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. | I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. |
As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him. | But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. |
But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you. | But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. |
I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. | A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. |
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