As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. | As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. |
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? |
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Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. | Deep calls to deep at the thunder of your cataracts; all your waves and your billows have gone over me. |
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. | By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. |
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. | Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. |
It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them. | For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, for you delighted in them. |
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. | God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. |
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” | Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth. |
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. | Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. |
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. |
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. | The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. |
Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. | But surely, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life. |
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. | Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. |
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. | When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. |
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? | In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me? |
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth. | Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. |
For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. | For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens; your faithfulness extends to the clouds. |
But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. | But I will sing of your might; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress for me and a refuge in the day of my distress. |
Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. | For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. |
Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall never be shaken. |
Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. | For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. |
Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. |
My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. | On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. |
“And with you, Lord, is unfailing love”; and, “You reward everyone according to what they have done.” | And steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord. For you repay to all according to their work. |
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. | O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. |