How Precious Is Your Steadfast Love
1 Declareth the transgression of the lawless one, within my heart, There is, no dread of God, before his eyes;
1 {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.Transgression speaks to the ungodly within (a)his heart;There is (A)no fear of God before his eyes.
1 For the choir director. A psalm of David, the Lord’s servant.An oracle within my heartconcerning the transgression of the wicked person:There is no dread of God before his eyes,(A)
1 An oracle that came to me about the transgressions of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he flattereth himself too much in his own eyes, to find his iniquity - to hate it .
2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
2 For (b)it (B)flatters him in his own eyesConcerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.
2 He flatters himself too much to discover his transgression and hate it.
3 The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:
3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
3 The (C)words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit;He has (D)ceased to (c)be wise and to do good.
3 The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;(C)he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.(D)
3 The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.
4 Iniquity, deviseth he upon his bed, - he taketh his stand in a way, not good, Wrong, doth he not abhor!
4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
4 He (E)plans wickedness upon his bed;He sets himself on a (F)path that is not good;He (G)does not despise evil.
4 Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.(E)He sets himself on a path that is not goodand does not reject evil.(F)
4 He devises iniquity on his bed and is determined to follow a path that is not good. He does not resist evil.
6 Thy righteousness, is like mighty mountains, and, thy just decrees, are a great resounding deep, - Man and beast, thou savest, O Yahweh!
6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
6 Your (I)righteousness is like the (e)mountains of God;Your (J)judgments are like a great deep.O Lord, You (K)preserve man and beast.
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains;Your judgments, like the deepest sea.(H)Lord, You preserve man and beast.(I)
6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your justice is like the great depths of the sea. You deliver both people and animals, LORD.
7 How precious thy lovingkindness, O God, - Therefore, the sons of men, under the shadow of thy wings, seek refuge:
7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
7 How (L)precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!And the children of men (M)take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
7 How precious is your gracious love, God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 They abundantly relish the fatness of thy house, - And out of the full stream of thine own pleasures, thou givest them to drink.
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
8 They (N)drink their fill of the (f)abundance of Your house;And You give them to drink of the (O)river of Your delights.
8 They are filled from the abundance of Your house;You let them drink from Your refreshing stream,(K)
8 They are refreshed from the abundance of your house; You cause them to drink from the river of your pleasures.
10 Prolong thy lovingkindness unto them who know thee, - and thy righteousness, to the upright in heart.
10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
10 O continue Your lovingkindness to (Q)those who know You,And Your (R)righteousness to the upright in heart.
10 Spread Your faithful love over those who know You,and Your righteousness over the upright in heart.(N)
10 Send forth your gracious love to those who know you, and your righteousness to those who are upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride reach me, nor, the hand of the lawless, scare me away.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
11 Let not the foot of pride come upon me,And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
11 Do not let the foot of the arrogant man come near meor the hand of the wicked one drive me away.(O)
11 Do not let the foot of the proud crush me; and do not let the hand of the wicked dissuade me.