Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. | Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! |
I spread 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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Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you. | 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. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. | Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! |
I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever. | I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. |
Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. | Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. |
Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. | The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works. |
Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. | The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. |
Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh 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. |
Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down. | 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 broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. | He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. |
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation. | For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation. |