| Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! | Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. |
| I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. | I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. |
| I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. | I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
| Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; 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. |
| You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
| I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. | I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. |
| I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth. |
| When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. | When I said, “My foot is slipping!” Your loving kindness, Yahweh, held me up. |
| Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. | One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. |
| My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day. | My mouth shall be filled with your praise, with your honor all day long. |
| I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? | I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman? |
| For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. | For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them. |
| So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” | Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” |
| 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 afar. | Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. |
| I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. | I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. |
| Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. | For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. |
| So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. | So is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do. |
| For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. | But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth. |
| Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. | Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. |
| My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. | My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. |
| By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. | By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. |
| Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth. |
| With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! | With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. |
| I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. |
| If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. | If I give away all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing. |
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