Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. | Be strong and courageous in your hearts, all you who place your hope in the Lord. |
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. | Blessed is the one whose offense is forgiven, whose sin is erased. |
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When I kept silence, my bones 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. |
I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. | Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I made no attempt to conceal my guilt. I said, “I will confess my offenses to the Lord,” and you removed the guilt of my sin. Selah |
You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. | You are a place of refuge for me; you preserve me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah |
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. | I will instruct you and guide you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and keep my eyes upon you. |
For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness. | For the word of the Lord is true, and he is faithful in everything he does. |
He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh. | The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is filled with his kindness. |
By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth. | The heavens were made by the word of the Lord, and all their host by the breath of his mouth. |
Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. | Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. |
Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness. | But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those who trust in his kindness. |
Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. | O Lord, let your kindness rest upon us, for we have placed our hope in you. |
I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. | I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise will be continually on my lips. |
I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. | I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he set me free from all my fears. |
This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. | In my anguish I cried out; the Lord heard my plea, and I was saved from all my troubles. |
Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. 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. |
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. | The powerful suffer want and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord want for no good thing. |
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. | Then keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. |
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it. | Shun evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. |
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. |
Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. | The face of the Lord is turned against those who do evil, to erase all memory of them from the earth. |
The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. | The righteous call out, and the Lord hears them; he rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord remains close to the brokenhearted, and he saves those whose spirit is crushed. |
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all. | The misfortunes of the righteous man are many, but the Lord delivers him, from all of them. |
Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned. | The Lord redeems the lives of those who serve him; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him. |
Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. | Put your trust in the Lord and do good, that you may dwell in the land and be secure. |