Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who wait for the Lord. | Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. |
How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! | Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. |
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When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. |
I acknowledged my sin to You, And I did not hide my guilt; I said, “I will confess my wrongdoings to the Lord”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah | I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. |
You are my hiding place; You keep me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah | Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. |
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will advise you with My eye upon you. | I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. |
For the word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in faithfulness. | For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. |
He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. | He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. |
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their lights. | By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. |
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people He has chosen for His own inheritance. | Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. |
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who wait for His faithfulness. | Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy. |
Let Your favor, Lord, be upon us, Just as we have waited for You. | Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. |
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. |
I sought the Lord and He answered me, And rescued me from all my fears. | I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
This wretched man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. | This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. |
Taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! | O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. |
The young lions do without and suffer hunger; But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing. | The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. |
Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. |
Turn from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. | Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. |
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears are toward their cry for help. | The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. |
The face of the Lord is against evildoers, To eliminate the memory of them from the earth. | The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. |
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears And rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit. | The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. |
The afflictions of the righteous are many, But the Lord rescues him from them all. | Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. |
The Lord redeems the souls of His servants, And none of those who take refuge in Him will suffer for their guilt. | The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. |
Trust in the Lord and do good; Live in the land and cultivate faithfulness. | Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. |