| Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. | Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. |
| I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments. | I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws. |
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| How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. | How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. |
| With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. | I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. |
| I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. | I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. |
| I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. | I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. |
| I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me. | I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. |
| Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. | Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. |
| I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts. | I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. |
| I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. | I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. |
| I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. | I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. |
| Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. | Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. |
| I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. | Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. |
| You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. | You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. |
| The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. | The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. |
| Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. | Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. |
| All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. | All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal. |
| Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. | Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. |
| Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. | Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. |
| I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. | I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. |
| He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. | He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber. |
| Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more. | The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. |
| Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth. | Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. |
| Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. | Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. |
| Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. | Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. |
