| I have instructed you in the ways of wisdom and led you along the paths of righteousness. | I have instructed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths. |
| Rather, I discipline my body and bring it under control, for fear that after preaching to others I myself may be disqualified. | But I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. |
| And yet he is aware of everywhere I go; if he were to test me, I would emerge like pure gold. My footsteps have not strayed from the path he established; I have followed his way and never turned aside. | But He knows the way I take; When He has put me to the test, I will come out as gold. My foot has held on to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. |
| Your kindness is a greater joy than life itself; thus my lips will speak your praise. I will bless you all my life; with uplifted hands I will call on your name. | Because Your favor is better than life, My lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. |
| I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. | I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. |
| The Lord is my portion, I say to myself; therefore, I will place my hope in him. | “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I wait for Him.” |
| Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill them. | Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. |
| I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and listened to my cry for mercy, because he has inclined his ear to me on the day when I called out to him. | I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my pleas. Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. |
| What I commanded them was this: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. If you follow all the ways that I command you, then you will prosper. | But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may go well for you.’ |
| For I resolved that, while I was with you, I would know nothing except Jesus Christ—and him crucified. | For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. |
| I will, thereby, display my greatness and my holiness and make myself known to many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord. | So I will prove Myself great, show Myself holy, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the Lord. |
| If I have the gift of prophecy and the ability to understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have all the faith necessary to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. | If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. |
| Go, and assemble all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same thing. After that, I will go to the king—against the law. And if I perish, I perish! | Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants also will fast in the same way. And then I will go in to the king, which is not in accordance with the law; and if I perish, I perish. |
| I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you. I will remove from your body a heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh in its place. | Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. |
| I have not strayed from the commandments of his lips; I have treasured in my heart the words of his mouth. | I have not failed the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. |
| I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like a mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you. | I have wiped out your wrongdoings like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. |
| I rejoice in following your statutes more than I would rejoice in endless riches. | I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. |
| The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom should I be afraid? | The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom should I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom should I dread? |
| I will make haste and not delay to observe your precepts. | I hurried and did not delay To keep Your commandments. |
| Can someone hide in a secret place so that I cannot see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? | “Can a person hide himself in hiding places So that I do not see him?” declares the Lord. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord. |
| Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say: Rejoice! | Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! |
| In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? | In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you. |
| I lifted up my voice in prayer to him; his praise was on my tongue. | I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was exalted with my tongue. |
| I can do all things in him who strengthens me. | I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. |
| I, I alone, am the one who comforts you. Why then do you fear mortal men who must die, human beings who must perish like grass? | I, I Myself, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of mortal man, And of a son of man who is made like grass. |
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