Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness is to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!

New American Standard Bible

The Lord will accomplish what concerns me;
Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

King James Version

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Holman Bible

The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me.
Lord, Your love is eternal;
do not abandon the work of Your hands.

International Standard Version

The LORD will complete what his purpose is for me. LORD, your gracious love is eternal; do not abandon your personal work in me. To the Music Director: A Davidic Song

A Conservative Version

LORD will perfect that which concerns me. Thy loving kindness, O LORD, [is] forever. Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

American Standard Version

Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Amplified


The Lord will accomplish that which concerns me;
Your [unwavering] lovingkindness, O Lord, endures forever—
Do not abandon the works of Your own hands.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.

Darby Translation

Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah will complete for me: O Jehovah, thy mercy is forever: thou wilt not let go the works of thy hands.

King James 2000

The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures forever: forsake not the works of your own hands.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh accomplishes [things] for my benefit. O Yahweh, your loyal love [endures] forever; do not abandon the works of your hands.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah will perfect His work in me; Your mercy, O Jehovah, endures forever; do not forsake the work of Your own hands.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD shall make good his loving-kindness toward me. Yea, thy mercy, O LORD, endureth forever; despise not then the works of thine own hands.

NET Bible

The Lord avenges me. O Lord, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made!

New Heart English Bible

The LORD will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of your own hands.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh, will carry through my cause, - O Yahweh! thy lovingkindness, is age-abiding, The works of thine own hands, do not thou desert.

Webster

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works thy own hands.

World English Bible

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

Context Readings

A Thankful Heart

7 If I walk in the midst of distress Thou quickenest me, Against the anger of mine enemies Thou sendest forth Thy hand, And Thy right hand doth save me. 8 Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness is to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!

Cross References

Psalm 57:2

I call to God Most High, To God who is perfecting for me.

Philippians 1:6

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform it till a day of Jesus Christ,

Job 10:3

Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

Job 10:8

Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!

Job 14:15

Thou dost call, and I -- I answer Thee; To the work of Thy hands Thou hast desire.

Psalm 71:6-9

By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee is my praise continually.

Psalm 71:17-18

God, Thou hast taught me from my youth, And hitherto I declare Thy wonders.

Psalm 100:3

Know that Jehovah He is God, He made us, and we are His, His people -- and the flock of His pasture.

Psalm 100:5

For good is Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!

Psalm 103:17

And the kindness of Jehovah Is from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

Psalm 136:1

Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness.

Isaiah 26:12

O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.

Isaiah 42:16

And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These are the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

Isaiah 43:21

This people I have formed for Myself, My praise they recount.

Jeremiah 32:39-40

and I have given to them one heart, and one way, to fear Me all the days, for good to them, and to their sons after them:

John 15:2

every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;

Romans 5:10

for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

Romans 8:28-30

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

1 Thessalonians 5:24

stedfast is He who is calling you, who also will do it.

1 Peter 1:3-5

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

1 Peter 4:19

so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

Jude 1:1

Judas, of Jesus Christ a servant, and brother of James, to those sanctified in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ kept -- called,

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