Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. | Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. |
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. | My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. |
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Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you. | Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. |
Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless. | Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless. |
Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth! | Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. |
Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth. | Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. |
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. | For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver. |
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. | As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. |
I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter. | I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king. |
Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake. | Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake. |
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. | You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. |
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. | Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. | Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. |
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. | I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. |
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? | He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. |
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart. | I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart. |
Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. | How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. |
Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise. | Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise. |
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. | If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. |
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? |
He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. |
We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. | And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. |
For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God? | For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? |
Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one. You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. | Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. |
For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God? | For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God? |