| Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. | Turn my heart to your decrees, 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 supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. |
| As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. | As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. |
| When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. | When I thought, “My foot is slipping,” 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 strong in 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 this, 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; I will lift up my hands and call on your name. |
| 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. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father's hand. The Father and I 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. | Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor. |
| Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. | Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have 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. | They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them. |
| 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 my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may boast, but do not have 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 day long. |
| 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. | Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” |
| My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. | My child, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake 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 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, I am there among them. |
| By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. | By this everyone 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 might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress for me 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, O Lord, you know it completely. |
| 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 that 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, nor 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 keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. |
Bible verse of the day
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.