I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart. | Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. |
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in mercy. | The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. |
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But You, Lord, are a shield around me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head. | But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts 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 commands. |
For Your goodness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the clouds. | For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. |
I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah | I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land. |
I will rejoice and be jubilant 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 alone is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken. | Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. |
Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. | Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. |
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
Whom do I have in heaven but You? And with You, I desire nothing on earth. | Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. |
The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives. | The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously. |
Blessed are those who comply with His testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart. | Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their 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 one who takes refuge in him. |
My salvation and my glory rest on God; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. | My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. |
The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. | The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives 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; he crowns the humble with victory. |
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah | Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. |
Establish my footsteps in Your word, And do not let any wrongdoing have power over me. | Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. |
From my distress I called upon the Lord; The Lord answered me and put me in an open space. | When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. |
Lord God of armies, restore us; Make Your face shine upon us, and we will be saved. | Restore us, Lord God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may 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. | Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. |
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? |
What is man that You think of him, And a son of man that You are concerned about him? | What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? |