| I will make haste and not delay to observe your precepts. | I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. |
| Never will I forget your commands, for through them you have given me life. | I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. |
| Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light to my path. | Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path. |
| Your statutes are my everlasting heritage; they are the very joy of my heart. | I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. |
| You are my refuge and my shield; I put my hope in your word. | You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. |
| The explanation of your words gives light and imparts understanding to the simple. | The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. |
| Guide my steps in accord with your word and never let evil triumph over me. | Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me. |
| Every word you utter is true, and all your righteous judgments are everlasting. | All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. |
| Those who love your law have great peace; they encounter no stumbling blocks. | Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. |
| Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. | Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. |
| I lift up my eyes to the mountains; from where will I receive help? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. | I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? My help comes from Yahweh, who made heaven and earth. |
| He will not permit your foot to stumble; he who guards you will not fall asleep. | He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. |
| 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. | Yahweh will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul. Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more. |
| Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. | Our help is in Yahweh’s name, who made heaven and earth. |
| 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. | Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain. |
| Blessed are all those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. | Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. |
| Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cries of supplication. | Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. |
| I wait for the Lord in anxious expectation; I place my hope in his word. | I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. |
| How wonderful and delightful it is for brothers to live together in unity. | See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! |
| The Lord will fulfill his plan for me. Your kindness, O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the work of your hands. | Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands. |
| O Lord, you have examined me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I stand; you perceive my thoughts from a distance. | Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. |
| A word is not even on my tongue and you, O Lord, are completely aware of it. | For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. |
| Where can I go to hide from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I take my rest in the netherworld, you are also there. | Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! |
| You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am wonderfully made; awesome are your works, as I know very well. | For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. |
| Examine me, O God, and know my heart; test me and understand my thoughts. See if I follow an evil way, and guide me on the way to eternity. | Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. |
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A fool spurns his father’s correction,but whoever heeds admonition is prudent.