O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;

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I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;(A)
    apart from you I have no good thing.”(B)

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25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

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25 Whom have I in heaven but you?(A)
    And earth has nothing I desire besides you.(B)

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I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

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I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge(A) and my fortress,(B)
    my God, in whom I trust.”

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26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

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26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,(A)
    my God, the Rock(B) my Savior.’(C)

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14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

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14 But I trust(A) in you, Lord;
    I say, “You are my God.”

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Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

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“Can a man be of benefit to God?(A)
    Can even a wise person benefit him?(B)
What pleasure(C) would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?(D)
    What would he gain if your ways were blameless?(E)

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28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

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28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

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When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

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My heart says of you, “Seek his face!(A)
    Your face, Lord, I will seek.

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13 O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

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13 Lord our God, other lords(A) besides you have ruled over us,
    but your name(B) alone do we honor.(C)

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35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

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35 “Who has ever given to God,
    that God should repay them?”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:35 Job 41:11

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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This third I will put into the fire;(A)
    I will refine them like silver(B)
    and test them like gold.(C)
They will call(D) on my name(E)
    and I will answer(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(H)’”

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O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

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Psalm 8[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name(A) in all the earth!

You have set your glory(B)
    in the heavens.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
  2. Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term

10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

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10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”(A)

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