O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! | Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker. |
Then 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 test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord. | Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. |
So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. | So then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. |
Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! | Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah! |
Let your gentleness 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. Believe in God, believe also in me. | Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. |
Let all that you do be done in love. | Let all that you do be done in love. |
With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments. | With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. |
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. | Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. |
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. |
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. | Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. |
Let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. | 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 be over all the earth. | Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth! |
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. | My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth. |
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be 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. |
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream. |
In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever 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 love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. | Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. |
For “Those who desire life and desire to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit; let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.” | For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.” |
Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me. | Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. |
Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love. | Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness. |
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth. | Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth. |
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. | Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus. |
Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers. | Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. |