| Preserve me, God, for I take refuge in you. | Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. |
| I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. | I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. |
| The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor. | The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor. |
| They set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.” | Over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” |
| Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh. | Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. |
| “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be enough room for.” | Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing. |
| Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, 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. |
| Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
| For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. | For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. |
| Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. | Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. |
| Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture. | Trust in the Lord, and do good; so you will live in the land, and enjoy security. |
| Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming. | And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming. |
| But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.” | But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!” |
| And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. | Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. |
| Don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | Do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. |
| Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long. | Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. |
| But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. | But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. |
| He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. | He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. |
| Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you. | Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back. |
| Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? | Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? |
| And hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. | And hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. |
| Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you. | Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. |
| We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. | So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. |
| Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you. | Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. |
| Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. | Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. |
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