| Because you are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you, I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your life. | Since you were precious in My sight, You have been honored, And I have loved you; Therefore I will give men for you, And people for your life. |
| 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, you are there. | Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. |
| 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 thirsty land. Selah |
| O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. | O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. |
| I, I am he who comforts you; why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die, a human being who fades like grass? | I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass? |
| Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. | Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. |
| For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. | 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. |
| O God, you are my God, 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. | O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. |
| Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Only, you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. | Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. |
| I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. | I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. |
| Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah | I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah |
| I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. | I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. |
| I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous ordinances. | I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. |
| I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house. | How I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house. |
| Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. | Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. |
| Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. | Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You. |
| I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so 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, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. |
| Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. | Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.” | Then Jesus said to them, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.” |
| I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter. | But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. |
| So that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. | That I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may be refreshed together with you. |
| Adulterers! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. | Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
| I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. | I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. |
| I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. | I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. |
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