The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives. | The wicked borrows and does not repay, But the righteous shows mercy and gives. |
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way. | The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way. |
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For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. | For the Lord loves justice, And does not forsake His saints; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off. |
O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. | Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. |
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers. | Hear my prayer, O Lord, And give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner, as all my fathers were. |
I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. | I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart. |
As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! | Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. |
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. | As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. |
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? |
Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me. | Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and billows have gone over me. |
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. | The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me— A prayer to the God of my life. |
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God. | Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. |
For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them. | For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them. |