For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past, or like a watch in the night. | For to you a thousand years are like a yesterday that has passed or one of the watches of the night. |
Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. | Therefore, keep watch, for you do not know the day when your Lord is coming. |
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Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. | Stay awake and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak. |
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch. | O Lord, at daybreak you hear my voice; at daybreak I bring my petition before you and await your reply. |
Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. | Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. |
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. | 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. |
Be on your guard, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward. | Be on your guard that you do not lose what we have worked to accomplish so that you will receive your reward in full. |
So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. | So we must not fall asleep as the others do, but we must stay alert and sober. |
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. | 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. |
I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who cause dissensions and offenses, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them. | I urge you, brethren, to watch out for those who incite dissensions and obstacles in opposition to the teaching that you have learned. Take care to avoid them. |
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. | Persevere in prayer, with alert minds and thankful hearts. |
My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. | Brethren, if anyone is detected committing a transgression, you who are spiritual must set him right in a spirit of gentleness. Meanwhile, you should take care so that you yourselves are not tempted. |
The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. | The end of all things is near. Therefore, lead disciplined lives and be watchful in prayer. |
Guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his faithful ones. | For he guards the paths of justice and keeps watch over the way of his faithful ones. |
But as for me, I will look to the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. | But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I place my hope in God my savior; my God will hear me. |
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. |
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. | I will instruct you and guide you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and keep my eyes upon you. |
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. | Be on guard against false prophets who come to you disguised in sheep’s clothing, but who inwardly are ravenous wolves. |
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. | Therefore, take care to live as intelligent people, and do not be like those who are senseless. Make the most of the present time, for this is a wicked age. |
Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour. | Remain sober and alert, for your enemy the devil is on the prowl like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. |
And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” | After this, he said to the crowd, “Take care to be on your guard against all kinds of greed. Life does not depend upon an abundance of one’s possessions.” |
When goods increase, those who eat them increase; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes? | When riches increase, so do those who are eager to accumulate them, and those who have accumulated them must remain content simply to feast their eyes on them. |
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. | For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer. However, the face of the Lord is set against those who do evil. |