For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me. | For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me. |
My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors! | My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. |
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Make your face shine on your servant; save me in your steadfast love! | Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness. |
Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind! | Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men! |
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord! | Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. |
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. | Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. |
For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah | 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. |
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah | You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. |
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. | I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. |
For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. | For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness. |
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. | He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh. |
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host. | By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth. |
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! | Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. |
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love. | Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness. |
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. | Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. |
I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. |
I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. | I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. | This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. |
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! | Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. |
The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. | The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. |
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. |
Turn away 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 toward their cry. | Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. |
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth. | Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. |