Come forth! Let us bow down to worship him; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker. | Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker. |
God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light. | God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. |
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Let us examine and test our ways and return to the Lord. | Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. |
Let everything that breathes offer praise to the Lord. Alleluia. | Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah! |
Let your kindness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. | Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. |
Do not let your hearts be troubled. You place your trust in God. Trust also in me. | Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. |
I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your precepts. | With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. |
If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. | If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. |
O Lord, let your kindness rest upon us, for we have placed our hope in you. | Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. |
Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze on what lies before you. | Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. |
Let the wicked abandon their ways and those who are evil their thoughts. Let them return to the Lord so that he may have mercy upon them; and to our God, for he is rich in forgiveness. | Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon. |
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory shine over all the earth. | Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth! |
Dear children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. | My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. |
Rather, let justice flow like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream. |
Guide my steps in accord with your word and never let evil triumph over me. | Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. |
In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. | In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. |
Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your kindness. | Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness. |
Let your love be sincere. Loathe what is evil and hold fast to what is good. | Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. |
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory shine over all the earth. | Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth. |
Let your attitude be identical to that of Christ Jesus. | Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus. |
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled; be not afraid. | Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. |
So we must not fall asleep as the others do, but we must stay alert and sober. | So then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. |
If you are angry, do not sin. Do not let the sun set on your anger, and do not give the devil an opening. | “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil. |
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us exult and rejoice in it. | This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! |
Sing praise to the Lord for his mighty deeds; let this be known throughout the entire world. | Sing to Yahweh, for he has done excellent things! Let this be known in all the earth! |