The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. |
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe. | The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe. |
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The Lord loves those who hate evil; he guards the lives of his faithful; he rescues them from the hand of the wicked. | O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked. |
The Lord is slow to anger but great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. | The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. |
One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple. | One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple. |
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord rescues them from them all. | Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. |
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. | The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. |
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” | Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” |
The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!” | And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” |
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. | For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. |
Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. | Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. |
How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. | Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. |
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. | He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. |
This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.’ | This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. |
The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.” | And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.” |
All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart. | Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart. |
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands— O prosper the work of our hands! | Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands! |
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners. | The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. |
Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. | Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! |
Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment. | Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment. |
You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.” | He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” |
Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything. | As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. |
I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. | I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. |
Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. | For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. |