| The Lord makes a man’s steps secure when he approves of his conduct. | The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. |
| For the Lord loves the just, and he will not forsake his faithful ones. Those who follow evil paths will be destroyed, and the children of the wicked will be cut off. | For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. |
| O Lord, all my longing is known to you, and my sighs are not hidden from you. | Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. |
| Hear my prayer, O Lord; do not be deaf to my cry or ignore my weeping. For I am a wayfarer before you, a nomad like all my ancestors. | Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. |
| To do your will, O God, is my delight; your law is in my heart. | I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. |
| O Lord, do not withhold your mercy from me; may your kindness and your truth keep me safe forever. | Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. |
| As a deer longs for running streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. | As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. |
| My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come to behold the face of God? | My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? |
| The depths of the sea resound in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and your breakers sweep over me. | Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. |
| During the day the Lord grants his kindness, and at night his praise is with me, a prayer to the living God. | Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. |
| Why are you so disheartened, O my soul? Why do you sigh within me? Place your hope in God; for I will once again praise him, my Savior and my God. | Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. |
| It was not their own swords that won them the land, nor did their own arms make them victorious; rather, it was your right hand and your arm and the light of your face, because you loved them. | For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. |
| God is our refuge and our strength, a well-proved help in times of trouble. | God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. |
| Be still and acknowledge that I am God, exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth. | Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. |
| Have mercy on me, O God, in accord with your kindness; in your abundant compassion wipe away my offenses. Wash me completely from my guilt, and cleanse me from my sin. | Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. |
| Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a resolute spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. |
| My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a contrite and humble heart, O God, you will not spurn. | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. |
| Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the one who sustains me. | Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. |
| Entrust your cares to the Lord, and he will uphold you; he will never allow the righteous to waver. | Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. |
| When I am terrified, I place my trust in you. | What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. |
| In God, whose word I praise, in God I place my trust and know no fear; what can people do to me? | In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. |
| Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory shine over all the earth. | Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. |
| For your kindness extends to the heavens; your faithfulness, to the skies. | For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. |
| But I will sing of your strength; when morning dawns, I will proclaim your kindness. For you have been my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. | But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. |
| In God alone is my soul at rest; it is from him that my salvation comes. | Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. |
Bible verse of the day
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;let your glory shine over all the earth.