| Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. | Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life. |
| I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. | I have treasured Your word in my heart, So that I may not sin against You. |
| I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. | These things I have spoken to you so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world. |
| I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah | I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah |
| Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! | Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. |
| 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. | ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’ |
| Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. | Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I have given everything to you, as I gave the green plant. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. |
| I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah | I acknowledged my sin to You, And I did not hide my guilt; I said, “I will confess my wrongdoings to the Lord”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah |
| I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules. | I will give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. |
| O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. | God, You are my God; I shall be watching for You; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and exhausted land where there is no water. |
| I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. | I will rejoice and be jubilant in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. |
| Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. | Let me hear Your faithfulness in the morning, For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. |
| Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. | Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. |
| And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. | And I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, and are careful and follow My ordinances. |
| I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. | These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. |
| How I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house. | How I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was beneficial, and teaching you publicly and from house to house. |
| 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. | Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. |
| Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.” | Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then I am going to Him who sent Me.” |
| Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. | Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. |
| If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. |
| So that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. | So that I may come to you in joy by the will of God and relax in your company. |
| You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. | You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
| Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. | Because Your favor is better than life, My lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. |
| Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise. | Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, For You are my praise. |
| Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. | Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. |
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