Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he pleases. | But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. |
I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. You know no God but me, nor any savior other than me. | Yet I am the Lord your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; For there is no savior besides Me. |
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Keep in mind, therefore, that the Lord, your God, is God. He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant of mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and observe his commandments. | Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments. |
The Lord will fulfill his plan for me. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the work of your hands. | The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands. |
Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God. | So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. |
O Lord, all my longing is known to you, and my sighs are not hidden from you. | Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. |
While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. | Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. |
O Lord, do not withhold your mercy from me; may your kindness and your truth keep me safe forever. | Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. |
Hence, be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. |
However, God has revealed these things to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God. | But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. |
O Lord, you have examined me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I stand; you perceive my thoughts from a distance. | O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. |
Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the one who sustains me. | Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is with those who uphold my life. |
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. | Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. |
Those who revere your name place their trust in you, for you never abandon those who seek you, O Lord. | And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. |
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. | Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. |
In God alone is my soul at rest; it is from him that my salvation comes. | Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation. |
But as for you, man of God, you must shun all this. Rather, pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, fortitude, and gentleness. | But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. |
He replied, “What is impossible for men is possible for God.” | But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.” |
Hear my prayer, O Lord; do not be deaf to my cry or ignore my weeping. For I am a wayfarer before you, a nomad like all my ancestors. | Hear my prayer, O Lord, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were. |
May God continue to bless us and be revered to the ends of the earth. | God shall bless us, And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him. |
Therefore, a Sabbath rest still remains for the people of God, since those who enter into God’s rest also cease from their own labors as God did from his. | There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. |
Beloved, since God loved us so much, we should love one another. | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. |
As we proceed in the path of your judgments, we wait for you, O Lord; your name and your renown are all that our heart desires. | Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O Lord, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You. |
God is our refuge and our strength, a well-proved help in times of trouble. | God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. |
Do you not realize that you are God’s temple, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? | Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? |