The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet. | 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. |
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. | For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, this is the one who will save it. |
For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. |
For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation. | For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will glorify the lowly with salvation. |
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. | Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. |
If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you. | 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. |
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. | For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. |
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears are toward their cry for help. |
He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. | 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. |
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. | Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His faithfulness is everlasting. |
There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. | 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. |
A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother. | A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother. |
And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ | 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!’ |
The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered. | With his mouth the godless person destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be rescued. |
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. | And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. |
In that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. | 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. |
He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. | Guarding the paths of justice, And He watches over the way of His godly ones. |
As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue. | 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. |
Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. | 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. |
As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him. | Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. |
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy. | Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who wait for His faithfulness. |
But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside. | 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. |
By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. | By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit. |
He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart; He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend. | 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. |
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. | Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen for His own inheritance. |