Psalms 27:14

27:14 Rely ¹  on the Lord!

Be strong and confident! ² 

Rely on the Lord!

Psalms 37:5

37:5 Commit your future to the Lord! ³ 

Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf. ⁴ 

Psalms 42:10-11

42:10 My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, ⁵ 

as they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” ⁶ 

42:11 Why are you depressed, ⁷  O my soul? ⁸ 

Why are you upset? ⁹ 

Wait for God!

For I will again give thanks

to my God for his saving intervention. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 62:8

62:8 Trust in him at all times, you people!

Pour out your hearts before him! ¹¹ 

God is our shelter! (Selah)

Psalms 63:8

63:8 My soul ¹²  pursues you; ¹³ 

your right hand upholds me.

Isaiah 50:10

50:10 Who among you fears the Lord?

Who obeys ¹⁴  his servant?

Whoever walks in deep darkness, ¹⁵ 

without light,

should trust in the name of the Lord

and rely on his God.

Matthew 6:25

Do Not Worry

6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry ¹⁶  about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?

Matthew 6:31-34

6:31 So then, don’t worry saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 6:32 For the unconverted ¹⁷  pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom ¹⁸  and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 6:34 So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own. ¹⁹ 

Matthew 11:28

11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Luke 12:22

Exhortation Not to Worry

12:22 Then ²⁰  Jesus ²¹  said to his ²²  disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry ²³  about your ²⁴  life, what you will eat, or about your ²⁵  body, what you will wear.

Philippians 4:6-7

4:6 Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. 4:7 And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds ²⁶  in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:1

Christian Practices

4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters, ²⁷  dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

Philippians 1:7

1:7 For ²⁸  it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, ²⁹  since both in my imprisonment ³⁰  and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace ³¹  together with me.

[27:14]  ¹ tn Or “wait.”

[27:14]  ² tn Heb “be strong and let your heart be confident.”

[37:5]  ³ tn Heb “roll your way upon the Lord.” The noun “way” may refer here to one’s activities or course of life.

[37:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “he will act.” Verse 6 explains what is meant; the Lord will vindicate those who trust in him.

[42:10]  ⁵ tc Heb “with a shattering in my bones my enemies taunt me.” A few medieval Hebrew mss and Symmachus’ Greek version read “like” instead of “with.”

[42:10]  ⁶ sn “Where is your God?” The enemies ask this same question in v. 3.

[42:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”

[42:11]  ⁸ sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

[42:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “and why are you in turmoil upon me?”

[42:11]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “for again I will give him thanks, the saving acts of my face and my God.” The last line should be emended to read יְשׁוּעֹת פְנֵי אֱלֹהָי (yÿshu’ot fÿney ’elohay, “[for] the saving acts of the face of my God”), that is, the saving acts associated with God’s presence/intervention. This refrain is almost identical to the one in v. 5. See also Ps 43:5.

[62:8]  ⁹ tn To “pour out one’s heart” means to offer up to God intense, emotional lamentation and petitionary prayers (see Lam 2:19).

[63:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “I.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

[63:8]  ¹² tn Heb “clings after.” The expression means “to pursue with determination” (see Judg 20:45; 1 Sam 14:22; 1 Chr 10:2; Jer 42:16).

[50:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “[who] listens to the voice of his servant?” The interrogative is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[50:10]  ¹⁴ tn The plural indicates degree. Darkness may refer to exile and/or moral evil.

[6:25]  ¹⁵ tn Or “do not be anxious,” and so throughout the rest of this paragraph.

[6:32]  ¹⁷ tn Or “unbelievers”; Grk “Gentiles.”

[6:33]  ¹⁹ tc ‡ Most mss (L W Θ 0233 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat sy mae) read τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ (thn basileian tou qeou kai thn dikaiosunhn aujtou, “the kingdom of God and his righteousness”) here, but the words “of God” are lacking in א B pc sa bo Eus. On the one hand, there is the possibility of accidental omission on the part of these Alexandrian witnesses, but it seems unlikely that the scribe’s eye would skip over both words (especially since τοῦ θεοῦ is bracketed by first declension nouns). Intrinsically, the author generally has a genitive modifier with βασιλεία – especially θεοῦ or οὐρανῶν (ouranwn) – but this argument cuts both ways: Although he might be expected to use such an adjunct here, scribes might also be familiar with his practice and would thus naturally insert it if it were missing in their copy of Matthew. Although a decision is difficult, the omission of τοῦ θεοῦ is considered most likely to be original. NA²⁷ includes the words in brackets, indicating doubt as to their authenticity.

[6:34]  ²¹ tn Grk “Sufficient for the day is its evil.”

[12:22]  ²³ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative. Jesus’ remarks to the disciples are an application of the point made in the previous parable.

[12:22]  ²⁴ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:22]  ²⁵ tc αὐτοῦ (autou, “his”) is lacking in Ì^45vid,75 B 1241 c e. Although the addition of clarifying pronouns is a known scribal alteration, in this case it is probably better to view the dropping of the pronoun as the alteration in light of its minimal attestation.

[12:22]  ²⁶ tn Or “do not be anxious.”

[12:22]  ²⁷ tc Most mss (Ì⁴⁵ Ψ 070 ˹³ 33 Ï) supply the pronoun ὑμῶν (Jumwn, “your”) here, although several important and early witnesses omit it (Ì⁷⁵ א A B D L Q W Θ Ë¹ 700 2542 al lat). Externally, the shorter reading is superior. Internally, the pronoun looks to be a scribal clarification. In context the article can be translated as a possessive pronoun anyway (ExSyn 215), as it has been done for this translation.

[12:22]  ²⁸ tc Some mss (B 070 ˹³ 33 1424 al) supply the pronoun ὑμῶν (Jumwn, “your”) here, although the witnesses for the omission are early, important, and varied (Ì^45vid,75 א A D L Q W Θ Ψ Ë¹ Ï lat). See previous tc note for more discussion.

[4:7]  ²⁵ tn Grk “will guard the hearts of you and the minds of you.” To improve the English style, the second occurrence of ὑμῶν (Jumwn, “of you”) has not been translated, since it is somewhat redundant in English.

[4:1]  ²⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.

[1:7]  ²⁹ tn Grk “Just as.” The sense here is probably, “So I give thanks (v. 3) just as it is right for me…”

[1:7]  ³⁰ tn Or possibly “because you have me in your heart.”

[1:7]  ³¹ tn Grk “in my bonds.” The meaning “imprisonment” derives from a figurative extension of the literal meaning (“bonds,” “fetters,” “chains”), L&N 37.115.

[1:7]  ³² tn The word “God’s” is supplied from the context (v. 2) to clarify the meaning.