A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. | The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. |
Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established. | Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. |
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There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand. | Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. |
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. | 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. |
Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established. | Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. |
May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. | May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans! |
Surely the Lord God does nothing, Unless He reveals His secret to 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 concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your 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, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your 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 evermore! | Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! |
He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your 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 is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works. | The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works. |
The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns 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. |
The Lord will give strength to 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! |
That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. | That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. |
He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction. | Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. |
Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples! | Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! |
And in that day you will say: “Praise the Lord, call upon His name; Declare His deeds among the peoples, 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.” |
So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. | When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. |
And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, 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. | 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. |
I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured 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. |
The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me— A prayer to 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. |
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. | Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. |
He who builds His layers in the sky, And has founded His strata in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the face of the earth— The Lord is His name. | Who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth— the Lord is his name. |