| Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. | Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. |
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| As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. |
| Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. | Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. |
| Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. | Little children, keep yourselves from idols. |
| My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me. | My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. |
| Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. | House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh. |
| I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. | I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. |
| You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. | You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. |
| Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. | My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. |
| Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. | Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it. |
| Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. | My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. |
| For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good; they must seek peace and pursue it.” | For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.” |
| When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. | When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me. |
| Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. | Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. |
| I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. | I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
| Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. | Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor turning shadow. |
| Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. | Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. |
| He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. | He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves. |
| There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. | There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. |
| Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. | Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! |
| I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. | With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. |
| So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless. | Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. |
| But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. | But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times. |
