| Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. | Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! |
| I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. | 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. |
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| As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. | As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. |
| When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. | When I thought, “My foot slips,” your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. |
| Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. | You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. |
| I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. | I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. | 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. |
| And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one. | I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one. |
| I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. | I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. |
| If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. | If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. |
| Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. | Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. |
| He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. | 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. |
| And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. | If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. |
| What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. | When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. |
| Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. | My mouth is filled with your praise, and with your glory all the day. |
| Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. | 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.” |
| My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. | My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. |
| So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. | 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. |
| For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. | For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. |
| By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. | By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. |
| But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. | But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. |
| For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. | Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. |
| For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. | For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. |
| Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. |
| I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. | I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. |
