- I will rejoice and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. - I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your precepts. - Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from anything that can defile flesh or spirit, and thereby make our holiness perfect in the fear of God.
- Although the mountains may be shaken
and the hills may totter,
my steadfast love will not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace will never be shaken,
says the Lord who has compassion on you. - I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.” - My soul longs for you throughout the night,
and my spirit within me seeks your presence.
For when your judgments are revealed to the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn to practice justice. - It is the will of God that you should lead a life of sanctity. You must refrain from sexual immorality. Each of you must learn to acquire a wife from pure and honorable motives, not to gratify passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.
- I will offer praise to you, O Lord,
with my whole heart;
I will recount all your wondrous deeds. - In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me. - For the love of Christ urges us forward, once we conclude that one has died for all, and therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who for their sakes died and was raised to life.
- Yet even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are thereby blessed. Have no fear of others, and refuse to be intimidated by them.
- When I sing to you, my lips will rejoice,
and so will my soul, which you have redeemed. - No weapon used against you will prevail,
and you will refute every accusation
that is raised in court against you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
their vindication from me, says the Lord. - Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not demand the return of what is yours from the one who has taken it.
- And so does kindness, O Lord.
You reward each person
in accordance with his deeds. - Exhort slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give them satisfaction in every respect. They are not to talk back to them, nor are they to steal from them. Rather, they should show themselves to be completely trustworthy so that in every way they may add luster to the doctrine of God our Savior.
- I will praise you in sincerity of heart
as I ponder your righteous judgments. - Guide me in your truth and instruct me,
for you are God, my Savior,
and in you I hope all the day long. - And eternal life is this:
to know you,
the only true God,
and the one you have sent,
Jesus Christ. - Entrust your cares to the Lord,
and he will uphold you;
he will never allow the righteous to waver. - O Lord, you are kind and forgiving,
filled with kindness for all who cry to you. - If you heed the voice of the Lord, your God, and you carefully observe all of the commandments that I have given you today, then the Lord, your God, will lift you up above all the other nations upon the earth.
- By these he has given us his precious promises, great beyond all price, so that through them you may escape from the corruption with which evil desires have infected the world and thereby may come to share in the divine nature.
- Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you have faith you will see the glory of God?”
- Honor your father and your mother so that your days may be lengthened in the land that the Lord your God, will give you.
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