When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. | While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. | The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. |
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The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously. | The wicked borrow, and do not pay back, but the righteous are generous and keep giving. |
Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. | The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. |
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. |
With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. | With my whole heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commandments. |
Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. | Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his greatness is unsearchable. |
I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. | I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. |
Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. | Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart. |
But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. | But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. |
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation. | For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory. |
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. | Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. |
He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress. I will never be greatly shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken. |
Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. | O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him. |
I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah. | I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah |
The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. | The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. |
For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies. | For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens; your faithfulness extends to the clouds. |
Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. | Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me. |
The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it. | The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it. |
Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you. | Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. |
What is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him? | What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? |
My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. | On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is 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 shall I come and behold the face of God? |
Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved. | Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved. |
Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace. | May the Lord give strength to his people! May the Lord bless his people with peace! |