"Praise him, you servants of the LORD! Honor him, you descendants of Jacob! Worship him, you people of Israel!

Love the LORD, all his faithful people. The LORD protects the faithful, but punishes the proud as they deserve.

You are feared in the council of the holy ones; they all stand in awe of you.

"Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," he said. "Now I know that you honor and obey God, because you have not kept back your only son from him."

Remember that I, the LORD Almighty, am holy; I am the one you must fear.

Because of my awesome holiness I am like a stone that people stumble over; I am like a trap that will catch the people of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel and the people of Jerusalem.

But the time will come when the people of Israel will once again turn to the LORD their God and to a descendant of David their king. Then they will fear the LORD and will receive his good gifts.

and singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Lord God Almighty, how great and wonderful are your deeds! King of the nations, how right and true are your ways!

Who will not stand in awe of you, Lord? Who will refuse to declare your greatness? You alone are holy. All the nations will come and worship you, because your just actions are seen by all."

The LORD is my shepherd; I have everything I need.

(For the pagans of this world are always concerned about all these things.) Your Father knows that you need these things.

"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the Kingdom.

Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son---will he not also freely give us all things?

Paul, Apollos, and Peter; this world, life and death, the present and the future---all these are yours,

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

And with all his abundant wealth through Christ Jesus, my God will supply all your needs.