I rejoice in following your statutes more than I would rejoice in endless riches. | I delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all riches. |
I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set your judgments before me. | I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your ordinances before me. |
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Dispose my heart to follow your statutes and to flee selfish gain. | Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain. |
I will walk in complete freedom because I have sought your commands. | I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts. |
I will make haste and not delay to observe your precepts. | I hurry and do not delay to keep your commandments. |
Never will I forget your commands, for through them you have given me life. | I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. |
Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light to my path. | Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. |
Your statutes are my everlasting heritage; they are the very joy of my heart. | Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart. |
You are my refuge and my shield; I put my hope in your word. | You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. |
The explanation of your words gives light and imparts understanding to the simple. | The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. |
Guide my steps in accord with your word and never let evil triumph over me. | Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me. |
Every word you utter is true, and all your righteous judgments are everlasting. | The sum of your word is truth; and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. |
Those who love your law have great peace; they encounter no stumbling blocks. | Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble. |
Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
I lift up my eyes to the mountains; from where will I receive help? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. | I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. |
He will not permit your foot to stumble; he who guards you will not fall asleep. | He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. |
The Lord will protect you against all evil; he will watch over your life. The Lord will watch over your coming and your going both now and forevermore. | The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. |
Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. | Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. |
If the Lord does not build the house, those who construct it labor in vain. If the Lord does not guard the city, those who keep watch over it do so in vain. | Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain. |
Blessed are all those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. | Happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways. |
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cries of supplication. | Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! |
I wait for the Lord in anxious expectation; I place my hope in his word. | I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. |
How wonderful and delightful it is for brothers to live together in unity. | How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! |
The Lord will fulfill his plan for me. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the work of your hands. | The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. |
O Lord, you have examined me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I stand; you perceive my thoughts from a distance. | O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. |