| From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and put me in an open space. | In my distress I called out to the Lord; he answered by setting me free. |
| The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. | The precepts of the Lord are right, causing the heart to rejoice. The commands of the Lord are clear, giving light to the eyes. |
| The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, To give to each person according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds. | The heart is more deceitful than any other thing, and it is also perverse. Who can uncover its secrets? I, the Lord, search the heart and probe the mind to reward all according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve. |
| Turn to my rebuke, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. | If you would seriously consider my reproof, I would pour out my thoughts to you and make my precepts known to you. |
| Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light. | Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. |
| And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. | When you search for me, you will find me. When you seek me with all your heart. |
| “If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of armies, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.” | If you refuse to listen to me and do not sincerely resolve to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, I will send a curse on you, and I will turn your blessings into a curse. Indeed, I have already done so because you have not heeded my warning. |
| Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will. | Abba, Father, for you all things are possible. Take this cup from me. Yet not my will but yours be done. |
| Even if the fig tree does not blossom, And there is no fruit on the vines, If the yield of the olive fails, And the fields produce no food, Even if the flock disappears from the fold, And there are no cattle in the stalls, Yet I will triumph in the Lord, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. | Even though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, even though the olive crop will fail and the orchards will yield no food, even though the flock is cut off from the fold and there is no herd in the stalls, I will continue to rejoice in the Lord, and exult in the God of my salvation. |
| Blessed are those who comply with His testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart. | Blessed are those who observe his statutes and seek him with their whole heart. |
| Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord. | Place your hope in the Lord: be strong and courageous in your heart, and place your hope in the Lord. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I look at a virgin? | I have made a covenant with my eyes not to look with desire upon a virgin. |
| Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who wait for the Lord. | Be strong and courageous in your hearts, all you who place your hope in the Lord. |
| Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. | Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who counsel peace have joy. |
| And the Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “At last this is bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called ‘woman,’ Because she was taken out of man.” For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. | The Lord God then formed a woman out of the rib that he had taken from the man. He brought her before the man. The man said, “This one is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman because she was taken from man.” This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and joins with a wife, and the two become one flesh. |
| Many plans are in a person’s heart, But the advice of the Lord will stand. | Many are the plans in a human mind, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will prevail. |
| Take care, brothers and sisters, that there will not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. | Take care, brethren, that none of you will ever have an evil and unbelieving heart that will cause you to forsake the living God. |
| For with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. | For one believes in the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. |
| And He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ | Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ |
| Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works. | Go forth, then. Eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God long ago approved what you do. |
| “Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” | Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. |
| But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. | However, those who want riches fall into temptations and are trapped into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. |
| And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them. | The entire community of believers was united in heart and soul. No one claimed any of his possessions as his own, for everything was held in common. |
| Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil. | Wash yourselves and become clean; remove your evil deeds far from my sight. Cease to do evil. |
| So remove sorrow from your heart and keep pain away from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. | Banish grief from your heart and ignore the sufferings of your body, for youth and the prime of life are fleeting. |
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