| For You are my rock and my fortress; For the sake of Your name You will lead me and guide me. | Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. |
| My times are in Your hand; Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me. | My times are in your hands; deliver me from the hands of my enemies, from those who pursue me. |
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| Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your faithfulness. | Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. |
| How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have performed for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of mankind! | How abundant are the good things that you have stored up for those who fear you, that you bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in you. |
| Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who wait for the Lord. | Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord. |
| How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! | Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. |
| When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all 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 | Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin. |
| You are my hiding place; You keep me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah | You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. |
| 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 you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. |
| 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 true; he is faithful in all he does. |
| He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. | The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. |
| 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 the heavens were made, their starry host 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, the people he chose for his inheritance. |
| Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who wait for His faithfulness. | But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love. |
| Let Your favor, Lord, be upon us, Just as we have waited for You. | May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. |
| I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. |
| I sought the Lord and He answered me, And rescued me from all my fears. | I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he 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 called, and the Lord heard him; he 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! | Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him. |
| The young lions do without and suffer hunger; But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing. | The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. |
| Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. |
| Turn from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. | Turn 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 on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry. |
| The face of the Lord is against evildoers, To eliminate the memory of them from the earth. | But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. |
