My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. | My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors. |
Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness. | Let your face shine upon your servant; save me in your steadfast love. |
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Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men! | O how abundant is your goodness that you have laid up for those who fear you, and accomplished for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of everyone! |
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. | Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. |
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. | Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. |
When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. | While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. |
I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. | Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah |
You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. | You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah |
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. | I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. |
For Yahweh’s word is right. All his work is done in faithfulness. | For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. |
He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh. | He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. |
By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth. | By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth. |
Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. | Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. |
Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness. | Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love. |
Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. | Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. |
I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. | I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. |
I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. | I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. | This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble. |
Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. | O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him. |
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. | The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. |
Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies. | Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. |
Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it. | Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. |
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. |
Yahweh’s face is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. | The face of the Lord is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. |
The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. | When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. |