21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(A)
    when all seems well, marauders attack him.(B)

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21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

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24 Distress and anguish(A) fill him with terror;(B)
    troubles overwhelm him, like a king(C) poised to attack,

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24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

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I will maintain my innocence(A) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(B) will not reproach me as long as I live.(C)

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My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
    the Lord has made them both.(A)

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12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

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15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.(A)

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15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

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16 In the same way, let your light shine before others,(A) that they may see your good deeds(B) and glorify(C) your Father in heaven.

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16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,[a] your whole body will be full of light.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.

22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

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23 But if your eyes are unhealthy,[a] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

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