Blessed be the Lord, day after day, the God of our salvation, who carries our burden. Selah | Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah |
Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he pleases. | Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases. |
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Teach us to comprehend how few our days are so that our hearts may be filled with wisdom. | So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. |
However, if we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all wrongdoing. | If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
It was for this purpose that he called you through our gospel so that you might come to share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. | For this purpose he called you through our proclamation of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
Although it was our afflictions that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, we thought of him as stricken, as struck down by God and afflicted. | Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. |
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. | To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen. |
But he was pierced for our offenses and crushed for our iniquity; the punishment that made us whole fell upon him, and by his bruises we have been healed. | But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. |
Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. | Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. |
Indeed, who is God except the Lord? Who is the Rock besides our God? | For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock besides our God? |
Let us examine and test our ways and return to the Lord. | Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord. |
For who is God except the Lord? Who is a rock aside from our God? | For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God? |
You will again show us compassion and wash away our guilt; you will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. | He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. |
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
He is himself the sacrifice for our sins— and not only for our sins but also for the sins of the whole world. | And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. |
Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though our outer self is continuing to decay, our inner self is being renewed day by day. | So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. |
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from there we await our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. | But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. |
Come forth! Let us bow down to worship him; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker. | O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! |
The Spirit himself bears witness with our Spirit that we are children of God. | It is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God. |
This is how we know what love is: he laid down his life for us, and we in turn must be prepared to lay down our lives for our brethren. | We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. |
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord, our God. | Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God. |
The grass may wither and the flower may fade, but the word of our God will endure forever. | The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. |
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us. |
If we are diligent in observing all of these commandments before the Lord, our God, as he commanded of us, then this will be our righteousness. | If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right. |
But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. | But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |