| I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. You know no God but me, nor any savior other than me. | But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me. |
| Keep in mind, therefore, that the Lord, your God, is God. He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant of mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and observe his commandments. | Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. |
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| While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. | When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone. |
| Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God. | Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. |
| Hence, be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. |
| Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the one who sustains me. | Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. |
| However, God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God. | These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. |
| To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. | To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| In God alone is my soul at rest; it is from him that my salvation comes. | Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. |
| Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. |
| He replied, “What is impossible for men is possible for God.” | Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” |
| To do your will, O God, is my delight; your law is in my heart. | I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart. |
| Why are you so disheartened, O my soul? Why do you sigh within me? Place your hope in God; for I will once again praise him, my Savior and my God. | Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. |
| Arise, O Lord! Lift up your hand, O God! Do not forget the afflicted. | Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. |
| In God alone be at rest, O my soul; it is from him that my hope comes. | Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. |
| Therefore, a Sabbath rest still remains for the people of God, since those who enter into God’s rest also cease from their own labors as God did from his. | 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. |
| May God continue to bless us and be revered to the ends of the earth. | May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him. |
| Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. | Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
| God is our refuge and our strength, a well-proved help in times of trouble. | God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. |
| As a deer longs for running streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. | As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. |
| For you, O God, have put us to the test; you have purified us as silver is refined. | For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver. |
| O God, you are my God, for whom I have been searching earnestly. My soul yearns for you and my body thirsts for you, like the earth when it is parched, arid and without water. | You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. |
| Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a resolute spirit within me. | Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. |
| Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| Do you not realize that you are God’s temple, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? | Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? |
