I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. | And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. |
I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. | I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. |
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I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. | I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. |
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. | Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. |
Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. | Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. |
You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. | Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. |
The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. | The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. |
Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. | Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. |
All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal. | Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. |
Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. | Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. |
Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. |
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. | I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. |
He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber. | He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. |
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. | The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. |
Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. | Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. |
Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. | Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. |
Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. | Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. |
Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. | Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. |
I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. | I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. |
How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! | Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! |
The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands. | The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. |
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. | O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. |
Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. | For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. |
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. | Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. |
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. | For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. |