God is our refuge and strength, A very ready help in trouble. | God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. |
Stop striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted on the earth. | Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world. |
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Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings. Wash me thoroughly from my guilt And cleanse me from my sin. | Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. |
Create in me a clean heart, God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. |
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise. | The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. |
Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul. | But God is my helper. The Lord keeps me alive! |
Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. | Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall. |
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. | But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. |
In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? | I praise God for what he has promised. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me? |
Be exalted above the heavens, God; May Your glory be above all the earth. | Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth. |
For Your goodness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the clouds. | For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. |
But as for me, I will sing of Your strength; Yes, I will joyfully sing of Your faithfulness in the morning, For You have been my refuge And a place of refuge on the day of my distress. | But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. |
My soul waits in silence for God alone; From Him comes my salvation. | I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. |
He alone is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken. |
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, For my hope is from Him. | Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in him. |
He alone is my rock and my salvation, My refuge; I will not be shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. |
My salvation and my glory rest on God; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. | My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. |
And faithfulness is Yours, Lord, For You reward a person according to his work. | Unfailing love, O Lord, is yours. Surely you repay all people according to what they have done. |
God, You are my God; I shall be watching for You; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and exhausted land where there is no water. | O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water. |
Because Your favor is better than life, My lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. | Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you! I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. |
For You have put us to the test, God; You have refined us as silver is refined. | You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver. |
I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was exalted with my tongue. | For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. |
God blesses us, So that all the ends of the earth may fear Him. | Yes, God will bless us, and people all over the world will fear him. |
Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Exalt Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the Lord, and be jubilant before Him. A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy dwelling. | Sing praises to God and to his name! Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds. His name is the Lord— rejoice in his presence! Father to the fatherless, defender of widows— this is God, whose dwelling is holy. |
God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious live in parched lands. | God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. |