For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. | Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely. |
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. | Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. |
For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. | For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well. |
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. | Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
Hear my prayer, O Lord, Give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, And in Your righteousness. | Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness; answer me in your righteousness. |
I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah | I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah |
Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For in You do I trust; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You. | Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. |
Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. | Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me on a level path. |
I will extol You, my God, O King; And I will bless Your name forever and ever. | I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. |
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. | Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his greatness is unsearchable. |
The Lord is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works. | The Lord is just in all his ways, and kind in all his doings. |
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. | The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. |
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous. | The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. |
The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down. | The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. |
He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. | He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. |
For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation. | For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory. |
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord! | Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! |
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful. | Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers. |
But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head. | But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. |
Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah | Deliverance belongs to the Lord; may your blessing be on your people! Selah |
I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. | I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety. |
My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; In the morning I will direct it to You, And I will look up. | O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch. |
For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. | For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover them with favor as with a shield. |
What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? | What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? |
I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. | I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. |
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