I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart. | Your statutes are my everlasting heritage; they are the very joy of my heart. |
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in mercy. | The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. |
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But You, Lord, are a shield around me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head. | But you, O Lord, are a shield to protect me; you are my glory and the one who raises my head high. |
With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments. | I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your precepts. |
For Your goodness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the clouds. | For your kindness extends to the heavens; your faithfulness, to the skies. |
I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah | I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah |
I will rejoice and be jubilant in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. | I will rejoice and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. |
He alone is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, so that I stand ever unshaken. |
Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. | Great is the Lord and worthy of the highest praise; no one can even begin to comprehend his greatness. |
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | As long as I remained silent, my body wasted away as the result of my groaning throughout the day. |
Whom do I have in heaven but You? And with You, I desire nothing on earth. | Whom do I have in heaven except you? And besides you there is nothing else I desire on earth. |
The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives. | The wicked man borrows but neglects to repay, whereas the righteous man is generous in giving. |
Blessed are those who comply with His testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart. | Blessed are those who observe his statutes and seek him with their whole heart. |
Taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! | Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. |
My salvation and my glory rest on God; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. | My deliverance and my glory depend on God; he is my mighty rock and my refuge. |
The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. | The explanation of your words gives light and imparts understanding to the simple. |
For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will glorify the lowly with salvation. | For the Lord takes delight in his people, and he crowns the humble with salvation. |
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah | Blessed be the Lord, day after day, the God of our salvation, who carries our burden. Selah |
Establish my footsteps in Your word, And do not let any wrongdoing have power over me. | Guide my steps in accord with your word and never let evil triumph over me. |
From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and put me in an open space. | In my distress I called out to the Lord; he answered by setting me free. |
Lord God of armies, restore us; Make Your face shine upon us, and we will be saved. | Restore us, O Lord of hosts; let your face shine upon us, and we will be saved. |
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, The world, and those who live in it. | The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. |
Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. | Grant justice to the weak and the orphan; defend the rights of the lowly and the poor. |
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? | My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come to behold the face of God? |
What is man that You think of him, And a son of man that You are concerned about him? | What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? |