Trust in the LORD and do good; live in the land and be safe.

Be patient and wait for the LORD to act; don't be worried about those who prosper or those who succeed in their evil plans.

Those who trust in the LORD will possess the land, but the wicked will be driven out.

Trust in the LORD. Have faith, do not despair. Trust in the LORD.

Don't take it on yourself to repay a wrong. Trust the LORD and he will make it right.

Those who claim to be respectable are more and more convinced they are right.

Yet God knows every step I take; if he tests me, he will find me pure.

I always do what God commands; I follow his will, not my own desires.

Look straight ahead with honest confidence; don't hang your head in shame.

Avoid evil and walk straight ahead. Don't go one step off the right way.

Those who are good travel a road that avoids evil; so watch where you are going---it may save your life.

But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

You have made me as strong as a wild ox; you have blessed me with happiness.

He gives generously to the needy, and his kindness never fails; he will be powerful and respected.

For those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great."

Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Humble yourselves, then, under God's mighty hand, so that he will lift you up in his own good time.

So God will ruin you forever; he will take hold of you and snatch you from your home; he will remove you from the world of the living.

Righteous people will see this and be afraid; then they will laugh at you and say,

You will look and see how the wicked are punished.

I have seen the defeat of my enemies and heard the cries of the wicked.