For You are my rock and my fortress; For the sake of Your name You will 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 those who persecute me. | 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 upon Your servant; Save me in Your faithfulness. | Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me for Your mercies’ sake. |
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! | Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men! |
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 you who 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. |
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. | When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning 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 acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah |
You are my hiding place; You keep me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah | You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me 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 you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My 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 work is done in truth. |
He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. | He loves righteousness and justice; 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 the heavens were 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, The people He has chosen as 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 on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy. |
Let Your favor, Lord, be upon us, Just as we have waited for You. | Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, Just as we hope in You. |
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 out, 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! | Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts 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 lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord 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 deceit. |
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 on the righteous, And His ears are open to 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 those who do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. |