Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me. | Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. |
I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah. | I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land. |
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 the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. |
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; may 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 exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. |
Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. | Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. |
Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works. | The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all he does. |
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 gives sight to 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 foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. |
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 delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory. |
Bible verse of the day
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions,and, as a cloud, your sins.
Return to me, for I have redeemed you.