7 Then Yahweh God took some soil and formed a man. He breathed into the man’s nostrils his own breath that gives life, and as a result the man became a living person.

13 You created all the parts of my body;

you put the parts of my body together when I was still in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you because you made my body in a very awesome and wonderful way.

Everything that you do is amazing!

I know that very well.

15 When my body was being formed,

while it was being put together where no one else could see it,

you saw it!

16 You saw me before I was born.

You wrote in your book the number of days that you had decided that I would live.

You did that before any of those days had even started!

9 You are the one who causes everything to live;

your light is what enables us to see.

33 I will sing to Yahweh ◄as long as I live/throughout my entire life►.

I will praise my God until the day that I die.

6 Jesus said to him, "I am the road [MET] to where my Father is. I am the one who reveals [MET] the truth about God and the one who gives eternal life to people. I am the only one who can enable people to come to my Father. There is no other way.

10 Thieves come to a sheep pen only to steal or kill or destroy sheep [MET]. Similarly, your religious leaders injure God’s people spiritually. But I have come in order that people may have eternal/spiritual life, and that they may have abundantly all they need to sustain them spiritually.

25 Jesus said to her, "I am the one who enables people to become alive again and who causes people to live eternally. Those who believe in me, even if they die, will live again. 26 Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, their souls will not die forever. Do you believe that?"

35 Jesus said to them, "Just like food [MET] sustains physical life, I am the one who enables you to have spiritual life. Those who eat ordinary food and drinks will later be hungry and thirsty. But those who come to me to receive that life will never again lack anything spiritually.

38 Just like the Scriptures teach, streams of water shall flow out from within those who believe in me, and that water will cause them to live eternally."

20 It is as though I was with Christ when he was crucified {died on the cross} [MET] (OR, It is as though my old way of life ended when Christ died on the cross.) No longer am I directing the way I behave as I did before I believed in Christ. Now Christ is directing how I behave. And whatever I do now while I live, I do it trusting in God’s Son. He is the one who loved me and offered himself as a sacrifice for me.

20 It is as though I was with Christ when he was crucified {died on the cross} [MET] (OR, It is as though my old way of life ended when Christ died on the cross.) No longer am I directing the way I behave as I did before I believed in Christ. Now Christ is directing how I behave. And whatever I do now while I live, I do it trusting in God’s Son. He is the one who loved me and offered himself as a sacrifice for me.

12 So teach/help us to realize that we live for only a short time

in order that we may use our time wisely.

10 So now I say, "My son, heed what I say.

If you do that, you will live a good long life.

23 It is very important that you be careful about what you think,

because what you think controls [MET] the things that you do.

23 It is very important that you be careful about what you think,

because what you think controls [MET] the things that you do.

8 Those who become wise [IDM] are doing a favor for themselves;

those who get good sense will prosper.

3 Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] will live a long life;

those who talk ◄without thinking/too much► will ruin themselves.

17 Those who pay attention when others try to ◄correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong► will live ◄happily/for many years►;

but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray).

27 Having an awesome respect for Yahweh is like [MET] having a fountain that gives life;

it will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you [MET].

21 Those who always try to act in a fair and kind way toward others

will live a long time and be honored/respected.

15 So be very careful how you behave. Do not behave as foolish people do. Instead, behave as wise people do. 16 Use your time carefully, because these days [MTY] people do extremely evil deeds.

4 Yahweh, show me the way that I should ◄conduct my life/live as you want me to►,

teach me how to act in the manner that you want me to act/behave.

6 I am certain that you will be good to me

and act mercifully toward me

as long as I live;

and then, O Yahweh, I will live in your home in heaven forever.

26 My body and my mind may become very weak,

but God, you continue to enable me to be strong;

I belong to you forever.

7 Yahweh will protect us from being harmed in any manner;

he will keep us safe.

8 He will protect us from the time that we leave our houses in the morning until we return in the evening;

he will protect us now, and he will protect us forever.

3 Yes, you are like my huge rock and my fort;

guide me and lead me [DOU] in order that I can honor you [MTY].

4 There is one thing that I have requested from Yahweh;

this is the one thing that I desire:

That I may worship in Yahweh’s house/temple every day of my life,

and see that Yahweh is wonderful

and inquire what he wants me to do.

7 Be quiet in Yahweh’s presence, and wait patiently for him to do what you want him to do.

Do not be bothered/upset when what evil men do is successful,

when they are able to do the wicked things that they plan.

93 I will never forget ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►,

because as a result of my obeying them you have enabled me to continue to live.

25 "Because you should be concerned about what God thinks is important and not about material goods, I tell you that you should not worry about things that you need in order to live. Do not worry about whether you will have enough food to eat, and something to drink, or enough clothes to wear. It is important to have sufficient food and drink and clothing, but the way you conduct your lives is much more important [RHQ]. 26 Look at the birds. They do not plant seeds, and they do not harvest crops and gather them into barns. But they always have food to eat because God, your Father who is in heaven, provides food for them. And you are certainly worth a lot more than birds [RHQ]! So you can be assured that God will supply what you need! 27 ◄None of you can, just by worrying, add time to your life./Can any of you, just by worrying, add time to your life?► [RHQ] You cannot add even one minute to your life! So you should not worry about things such as food and clothing!

36 People might get everything they want in this world, but ◄they are really gaining nothing if they do not get eternal life because they do not become my disciples!/what will they gain if they do not get eternal life because they do not become my disciples?► [RHQ]

34 Then he summoned the crowd along with his disciples so that they might listen to him. He told them, "If any one of you wants to be my disciple, you must not do only what you yourself want to do. Specifically, you must be willing to allow people to hurt you and to disgrace you. That is what they do to criminals who are forced to carry crosses [MET] to the places where they will be crucified. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do. 35 You must do that, because those who try to save their lives by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me will not live eternally, but those who are killed because of being my disciples and because of telling others my good message will live forever with me. 36 People might get everything they want in this world, but ◄they are really gaining nothing if they do not get eternal life because they do not become my disciples!/what will they gain if they do not get eternal life because they do not become my disciples?► [RHQ] 37 ◄Think carefully about the fact that there is absolutely nothing that people can give to God that would enable them to gain eternal life!/Is there anything that a person can give to God in order to gain eternal life?► [RHQ] 38 And think about this: Those who refuse to say that they belong to me and who reject what I say in these days when many people have turned away from God and are very sinful, I, the one who came from heaven, will also refuse to say that they belong to me when I come back with the holy angels and have the glorious brightness that my Father has!"

15 Then he said to the whole crowd, "Guard yourselves very carefully, in order that you do not desire other people’s things in any way! No one can make his life secure by obtaining many possessions."

3 The way for people to live eternally is for them to know that you are the only true God, and to know that I, Jesus, am the Messiah, the one you have sent.

23 What people receive for sinning is that they are eternally separated from God. That is like wages that people receive [MET]. But what God gives us is a gift. What he gives us is that we live eternally because of our relationship with (OR, because we are united to) Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you should act. Instead, let God change your way of life by making your way of thinking new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do. That is, you will know what is good, and you will know what pleases God, and you will know how to be all that he wants you to be.

7 While we (exc) live here, we do not have our new bodies, but we are trusting that God will give them to us.

14 Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy.

11 We urge you also to eagerly strive/try to mind your own affairs and to not meddle/interfere with the affairs of others. We urge you also to work at your own occupations/jobs to earn what you need to live. Remember that we taught you previously to live like that. 12 If you do these things, unbelievers will acknowledge/see that you behave decently/properly, and you will not have to depend on others to ◄supply/give to you► what you need.

23 Whatever work you do, work wholeheartedly. Work wholeheartedly, like those who are working for the Lord Jesus. Do not work like those who are working merely for their masters, 24 because you know that it is the Lord who will properly/justly repay you. That is, you will receive what God has promised. Remember that it is Christ who is the real master whom you are serving.

12 God is pleased with people who bravely/patiently endure difficulties. And when, by bravely enduring difficulties, they have proved that they truly trust him, he will give them eternal life. That is the reward [MET] that he has promised to give to those who love him.

13 If any of you thinks [RHQ] that you are wise and know a lot, you should always act in a good way to show people that your good actions are the result of your being truly wise. Being wise helps us to act gently toward others.

10 Consider what the Psalmist wrote about the proper way of conducting our lives,

As for those who want ◄to enjoy life/to live happily► and experience good things happening to them every day,

they must not say [MTY] something that is evil or say [MTY] something that deceives others.

11 They must continually turn away from doing anything that is evil, and must do things that are good instead.

They must deeply desire to enable people to act peacefully toward each other;

they must zealously urge people to act in a peaceful way,

6 I want all living creatures to praise Yahweh!

Praise Yahweh!

1 There is a right/correct time for everything,

a time for everything that we do in this world.

16 I say again, if you obey the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, and if you love him and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations, you will prosper and become very numerous, and Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

12 Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh God, will give you.

10 People live for only 70 years;

but if they are strong, some of them live for 80 years.

But even during good years we have much pain and troubles;

our lives soon end, and we die [EUP].

4 "Yahweh, show/tell me how long I will live.

Tell me when I will die.

Tell me how many years I will live!

5 It seems that you have caused me to live only a short time;

◄my lifetime/all the time that I have lived► seems like nothing to you.

The time that all we humans live is as short as [MET] a puff of wind.

(Think about that!)

6 Then we disappear like a shadow does.

It seems that all that we do is for nothing/useless.

We sometimes get a lot of money, but we do not know who will get it after we die.

12 If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life

and have a good long life,

13 do not say anything that is evil!

Do not tell lies!

14 Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good!

Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully with each other.

31 Gray hair is like a glorious crown [MET]

that is given to people who have always behaved righteously.

19 When a person looks in the water, he sees his own face;

similarly [SIM], when we look at a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.