O LORD, you are faithful to those who are faithful to you; completely good to those who are perfect.

You are pure to those who are pure, but hostile to those who are wicked.

Punish them for what they have done, for the evil they have committed. Punish them for all their deeds; give them what they deserve!

Give praise to the LORD; he has heard my cry for help.

The LORD guides us in the way we should go and protects those who please him.

If they fall, they will not stay down, because the LORD will help them up.

God says, "I will save those who love me and will protect those who acknowledge me as LORD.

I know that your judgments are righteous, LORD, and that you punished me because you are faithful.

Let your constant love comfort me, as you have promised me, your servant.

When I am surrounded by troubles, you keep me safe. You oppose my angry enemies and save me by your power.

He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.

Then he blessed Joseph: "May God, whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served, bless these boys! May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them!

May the angel, who has rescued me from all harm, bless them! May my name and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac live on through these boys! May they have many children, many descendants!"

When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you.

We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

The words of the LORD are true, and all his works are dependable.

He will answer from heaven and save me; he will defeat my oppressors. God will show me his constant love and faithfulness.

Love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will embrace.

Your kingdom is founded on righteousness and justice; love and faithfulness are shown in all you do.

He kept his promise to the people of Israel with loyalty and constant love for them. All people everywhere have seen the victory of our God.

He said, "Praise the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has faithfully kept his promise to my master. The LORD has led me straight to my master's relatives."

You have lived here only a short time, so why should I make you wander around with me? I don't even know where I'm going. Go back and take all your people with you---and may the LORD be kind and faithful to you."

LORD, you are my God; I will honor you and praise your name. You have done amazing things; you have faithfully carried out the plans you made long ago.

The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.

God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

We call them happy because they endured. You have heard of Job's patience, and you know how the Lord provided for him in the end. For the Lord is full of mercy and compassion.

Those who are pure in act and in thought, who do not worship idols or make false promises.

The LORD will bless them and save them; God will declare them innocent.

Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honors me, and I will surely save all who obey me."

But for those who honor the LORD, his love lasts forever, and his goodness endures for all generations

of those who are true to his covenant and who faithfully obey his commands.

The LORD says to his people, "Do what is just and right, for soon I will save you.

A foreigner who has joined the LORD's people should not say, "The LORD will not let me worship with his people." A man who has been castrated should never think that because he cannot have children, he can never be part of God's people.

then your name will be remembered in my Temple and among my people longer than if you had sons and daughters. You will never be forgotten."

May those who are wise understand what is written here, and may they take it to heart. The LORD's ways are right, and righteous people live by following them, but sinners stumble and fall because they ignore them.

Turn to the LORD, all you humble people of the land, who obey his commands. Do what is right, and humble yourselves before the LORD. Perhaps you will escape punishment on the day when the LORD shows his anger.

Those who fear him and do what is right are acceptable to him, no matter what race they belong to.

For it is not by hearing the Law that people are put right with God, but by doing what the Law commands.

But God finds fault with his people when he says, "The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.

Now, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs."

Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.