O Lord, hear my prayer, incline your ear to my supplications. In your faithfulness respond to me with your righteousness. | Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! |
I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah | I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah |
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At dawn let me experience your kindness, for in you I place my trust. Show me the path I must walk, for to you I lift up my soul. | Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. |
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your gracious Spirit lead me along a level path. | Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! |
I will extol you, my God and King; I will bless your name forever and ever. | I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. |
Great is the Lord and worthy of the highest praise; no one can even begin to comprehend his greatness. | Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. |
The Lord is righteous in all his ways and merciful in everything he does. | The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works. |
The Lord is near to all who call out to him, to all who call out to him sincerely. | The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. |
And opens the eyes of those who cannot see. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. | The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. |
The Lord watches over the stranger and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he blocks the way of the wicked. | The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. |
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. | He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. |
For the Lord takes delight in his people, and he crowns the humble with salvation. | For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation. |