I hurried and did not delay To keep Your commandments. | I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. |
I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have revived me. | I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. |
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Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. | Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. |
I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart. | I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. |
You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word. | You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. |
The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. | The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. |
Establish my footsteps in Your word, And do not let any wrongdoing have power over me. | Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. |
The sum of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments is everlasting. | All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. |
Those who love Your Law have great peace, And nothing causes them to stumble. | Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. |
Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. | Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
I will raise my eyes to the mountains; From where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. | I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. |
He will not allow your foot to slip; He who watches over you will not slumber. | He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. |
The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in From this time and forever. | Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more. |
Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. | Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth. |
Unless the Lord builds a house, They who build it labor in vain; Unless the Lord guards a city, The watchman stays awake in vain. | Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. |
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways. | Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. |
Out of the depths I have cried to You, Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the sound of my pleadings. | Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. |
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And I wait for His word. | I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. |
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to live together in unity! | See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! |
The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your faithfulness, Lord, is everlasting; Do not abandon the works of Your hands. | Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands. |
Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away. | Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. |
Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You know it all. | For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. |
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. | Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! |
For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. | For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. |
Search me, God, and know my heart; Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there is any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. | Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. |