The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In the gale and the storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet. | Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. |
Consequently, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, 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. |
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For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. |
The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. | He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. |
For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will glorify the lowly with salvation. | For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation. |
She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins. | She shall give birth to a son. You shall name him Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins. |
Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. | Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. |
If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer. | If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you. |
A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother. | A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. |
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His faithfulness is everlasting. | Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. |
With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued. | With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge. |
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears are toward their cry for help. | Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. |
But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to raise his eyes toward heaven, but was beating his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ | But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ |
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you. | But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. |
One who walks with integrity, practices righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart. He does not slander with his tongue, Nor do evil to his neighbor, Nor bring shame on his friend. | He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man. |
For His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. | Seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue. |
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. | The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
In that I am commanding you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you may live and become numerous, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to take possession of it. | For I command you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it. |
And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. | His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. |
Guarding the paths of justice, And He watches over the way of His godly ones. | That he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. |
But He knows the way I take; When He has put me to the test, I will come out as gold. My foot has held on to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. | But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold. My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away. |
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who wait for His faithfulness. | Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness. |
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. | For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. |
By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit. | By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. |
And He summoned the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.” | He called the multitude to himself with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” |