| I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. | I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. |
| But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. | But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. |
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| A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. | A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. |
| Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. | Let brotherly love continue. Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it. |
| Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. | And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. |
| May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. | Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. |
| When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. | When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up. |
| For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. | For I command you today to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it. |
| Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. | Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness. |
| The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. | Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. |
| For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. | For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies. |
| The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. | He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh. |
| But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love. | Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness. |
| Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. | Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. |
| “And with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.” | Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. |
| Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. | Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous. |
| You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you. | For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you. |
| Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness. | Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake. |
| Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you, Lord, are good. | Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times. Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, Yahweh. |
| Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me. | Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me. |
| Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. | Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever. |
| By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. | Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life. |
| But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me. | But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me. |
| The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands. | Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands. |
| Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. | Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. |
