| The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who begets a wise son will be glad in him. | The father of a good man will rejoice; he who begets a wise son will delight in him. |
| The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing. | The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a warrior and a savior. He will rejoice over you with gladness and renew you through his love. He will exult over you with shouts of joy. |
| I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. | I love you, O Lord, my strength, O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer. My God is my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. |
| A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother's grief. | A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son gives grief to his mother. |
| On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. | My deliverance and my glory depend on God; he is my mighty rock and my refuge. |
| My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. | Even should my heart and my flesh fail, God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever. |
| I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart. | To do your will, O God, is my delight; your law is in my heart. |
| It is you who light my lamp; the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness. | You, O Lord, are light for my lamp; O my God, you make my darkness turn to light. |
| He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, so that I stand unshaken. |
| He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, so that I stand ever unshaken. |
| Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. | Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart find favor in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. |
| You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. | You are my refuge and my shield; I put my hope in your word. |
| Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. | Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light to my path. |
| But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace. | As for me, I do not regard my life as of any value, only that I finish the race and complete the mission that I received from the Lord Jesus—to bear witness to the gospel of God’s grace. |
| My child, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. | My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad. |
| Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you. | If you would seriously consider my reproof, I would pour out my thoughts to you and make my precepts known to you. |
| In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. | In my anguish I cried out to the Lord and called to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. |
| Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; do not hold your peace at my tears. For I am your passing guest, an alien, like all my forebears. | Hear my prayer, O Lord; do not be deaf to my cry or ignore my weeping. For I am a wayfarer before you, a nomad like all my ancestors. |
| For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. | In God alone be at rest, O my soul; it is from him that my hope comes. |
| For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. | In God alone is my soul at rest; it is from him that my salvation comes. |
| I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances. | I will put my Spirit in you and make you follow my statutes and my ordinances. |
| Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. | Whoever feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I dwell in him. |
| The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes. | The precepts of the Lord are right, causing the heart to rejoice. The commands of the Lord are clear, giving light to the eyes. |
| While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. | As long as I remained silent, my body wasted away as the result of my groaning throughout the day. |
| You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. | Observe my Sabbaths and stand in awe before my sanctuary. I am the Lord. |
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