O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him. | Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. |
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” | “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.” |
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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 us of his Spirit. |
The Lord is good, a stronghold in a day of trouble; he protects those who take refuge in him. | Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him. |
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
The scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.” | For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.” |
The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. | Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned. |
All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. | All the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins. |
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. | This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. |
For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ | ‘For in him we live, move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’ |
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him. | The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. |
This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him. | As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. |
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. | He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him. |
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. | For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. |
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. | For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. |
This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him. | As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. |
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming. | Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming. |
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. | Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him. |
Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” | Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” |
All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us. | He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us. |
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. | For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily, and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power. |
And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. | This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. |
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. | In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. |
Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. | He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God. |
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will make your vindication shine like the light, and the justice of your cause like the noonday. | Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun. |