My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. | Even should my heart and my flesh fail, God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever. |
I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart. | Your statutes are my everlasting heritage; they are the very joy of my heart. |
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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. | Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart find favor in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. |
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. | Hope deferred sickens the heart, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
I delight to do Your will, my God; Your Law is within my heart. | To do your will, O God, is my delight; your law is in my heart. |
Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, Lord, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, and remembering You, is the desire of our souls. | As we proceed in the path of your judgments, we wait for you, O Lord; your name and your renown are all that our heart desires. |
May He grant you your heart’s desire And fulfill your whole plan! | May he give you your heart’s desire and grant you success in all your plans. |
Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. | O Lord, all my longing is known to you, and my sighs are not hidden from you. |
Whom do I have in heaven but You? And with You, I desire nothing on earth. | Whom do I have in heaven except you? And besides you there is nothing else I desire on earth. |
My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad. | My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad. |
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain. | Dispose my heart to follow your statutes and to flee selfish gain. |
I have treasured Your word in my heart, So that I may not sin against You. | I treasure your word in my heart for fear that I may sin against you. |
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. | Hence, I advise you to be guided by the Spirit, so that you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. |
The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart triumphs, And with my song I shall thank Him. | The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart places its trust in him. He has helped me, and I exult; then with my song I praise him. |
If an army encamps against me, My heart will not fear; If war arises against me, In spite of this I am confident. | Even if an army encamps against me, my heart will not succumb to fear; even if war breaks out against me, I will not have my trust shaken. |
So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it. | So shall my word be that issues forth from my mouth. It will not return to me unfulfilled, but it will accomplish my purpose and achieve what I sent it forth to do. |
Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. | Father, allow those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may behold my glory, which you have bestowed on me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. |
When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your comfort delights my soul. | When my anxious thoughts multiplied, your comfort filled my soul with joy. |
Teach me Your way, Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. | Teach me your ways, O Lord, so that I may walk in your truth; let me worship your name with an undivided heart. |
Therefore, treat the parts of your earthly body as dead to sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. | And so you should put to death everything in your nature that is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and greed (which is idolatry). |
Now go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners. | Go and learn what this text means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have come to call not the righteous but sinners. |
I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. | I will offer praise to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all your wondrous deeds. |
With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments. | I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your precepts. |
Search me, God, and know my heart; Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there is any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. | Examine me, O God, and know my heart; test me and understand my thoughts. See if I follow an evil way, and guide me on the way to eternity. |
But I have trusted in Your faithfulness; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, Because He has looked after me. | As for me, I trust in your kindness; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord because he has been good to me. |