The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives. | The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously. |
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way. | A man’s steps are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. |
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 Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children 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. My groaning 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, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, 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, my God. Yes, 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! | Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness 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 my soul pants after you, 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 to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept 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. | Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. 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 in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving 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 didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them. |
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