| Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or abandon them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God. | Yet even so, because of your great compassion, you did not completely destroy them, nor did you forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God. |
| The face of the Lord is against evildoers, To eliminate the memory of them from the earth. | The face of the Lord is turned against those who do evil, to erase all memory of them from the earth. |
| But make sure your statement is, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil origin. | All you need to do is to say ‘Yes’ if you mean ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ if you mean ‘No.’ Anything beyond this comes from the evil one. |
| Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have passed over me. | The depths of the sea resound in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and your breakers sweep over me. |
| One who conceals an offense seeks love, But one who repeats a matter separates close friends. | One who forgives a misdeed fosters friendship, but he who divulges it separates good friends. |
| I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. | I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. |
| I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. | Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap. | Do not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A person will reap only what he sows. |
| But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. | Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. |
| But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life. | But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never be thirsty. The water that I will give him will become a spring of water within him welling up to eternal life. |
| And Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” And immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road. | Jesus said to him, “Go on your way! Your faith has made you well.” Immediately, he received his sight and followed him along the road. |
| For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” | For the entire Law can be summed up in a single commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| And whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. | Whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. |
| If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. | If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you may ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. |
| Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. | I do not say this because I have been in need, for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. |
| Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. | Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. |
| Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a resolute spirit within me. |
| The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride, arrogance, the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate. | The fear of the Lord implies hatred of evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and perverse speech. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. | No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. |
| Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. | Make every effort to present yourself before God as one who is worthy of his approval, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, but who imparts the word of truth without any alteration. |
| “And tear your heart and not merely your garments.” Now return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in mercy And relenting of catastrophe. | Rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn back to the Lord, your God. For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and always prepared to relent from punishing. |
| But let justice roll out like waters, And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | Rather, let justice flow like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. |
| And He said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding as well? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the person from outside cannot defile him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?” (Thereby He declared all foods clean.) | He said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not into the heart but into the stomach and is discharged into the sewer?” Thus, he pronounced all foods clean. |
| For the Lord loves justice And does not abandon His godly ones; They are protected forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be eliminated. | For the Lord loves the just, and he will not forsake his faithful ones. Those who follow evil paths will be destroyed, and the children of the wicked will be cut off. |
| As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, God. | As a deer longs for running streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. |
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