- I have instructed you in the ways of wisdom
and led you along the paths of righteousness. - Rather, I discipline my body and bring it under control, for fear that after preaching to others I myself may be disqualified.
- And yet he is aware of everywhere I go;
if he were to test me, I would emerge like pure gold.
My footsteps have not strayed from the path he established;
I have followed his way and never turned aside. - Your kindness is a greater joy than life itself;
thus my lips will speak your praise.
I will bless you all my life;
with uplifted hands I will call on your name. - I give you a new commandment:
love one another.
Just as I have loved you,
so you should also love one another. - The Lord is my portion, I say to myself;
therefore, I will place my hope in him. - Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill them.
- I love the Lord because he has heard my voice
and listened to my cry for mercy,
because he has inclined his ear to me
on the day when I called out to him. - What I commanded them was this: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. If you follow all the ways that I command you, then you will prosper.
- For I resolved that, while I was with you, I would know nothing except Jesus Christ—and him crucified.
- I will, thereby, display my greatness and my holiness and make myself known to many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
- If I have the gift of prophecy
and the ability to understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and have all the faith necessary to move mountains,
but do not have love,
I am nothing. - Go, and assemble all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same thing. After that, I will go to the king—against the law. And if I perish, I perish!
- I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you. I will remove from your body a heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh in its place.
- I have not strayed from the commandments of his lips;
I have treasured in my heart the words of his mouth. - I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like a mist.
Return to me,
for I have redeemed you. - I rejoice in following your statutes
more than I would rejoice in endless riches. - The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom should I be afraid? - I will make haste and not delay
to observe your precepts. - Can someone hide in a secret place
so that I cannot see him?
Do I not fill heaven and earth? - Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say: Rejoice!
- In my Father’s house
there are many dwelling places.
If there were not,
would I have told you
that I am going to prepare a place for you? - I lifted up my voice in prayer to him;
his praise was on my tongue. - I can do all things in him who strengthens me.
- I, I alone, am the one who comforts you.
Why then do you fear mortal men who must die,
human beings who must perish like grass?
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