| 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 | I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. |
| You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah | Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. |
| I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. | I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. |
| For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. | For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. |
| He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. | He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. |
| By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth. | By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. |
| Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. | Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. |
| Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love. | Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy. |
| Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. | Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. |
| I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. | I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. |
| I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. | I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
| This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble. | This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. |
| O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in him. | O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. |
| The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. | The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. |
| Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. | Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. |
| Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. | Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. |
| The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. |
| The face of the Lord is against evildoers, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. | The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. |
| 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. | The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. |
| Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all. | Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. |
| The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. | The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. |
| Trust in the Lord, and do good; so you will live in the land, and enjoy security. | Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. |
| Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. | Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. |
| Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will make your vindication shine like the light, and the justice of your cause like the noonday. | Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. |
| Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him; do not fret over those who prosper in their way, over those who carry out evil devices. | Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. |
Bible verse of the day
All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:“Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means, “God is with us.”