| For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. | For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. |
| Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. | Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. |
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| Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established. | Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. |
| There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. | Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. |
| A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. | The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. |
| Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. | May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans! |
| Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. | For the Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. |
| The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. | The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. |
| O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. | O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. |
| Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore. | Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! |
| Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually. | Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! |
| The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. | The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. |
| He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. | He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. |
| The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. | May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace! |
| The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. | The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works. |
| That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death. | That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. |
| O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. | Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! |
| He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. | Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. |
| And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. | And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.” |
| Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. | I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food. |
| And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself. | And keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn. |
| When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. | When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. |
| Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. | By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. |
| And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. | Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. |
| For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. | Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. |
