You, LORD, are all I have, and you give me all I need; my future is in your hands.

You will show me the path that leads to life; your presence fills me with joy and brings me pleasure forever.

But I will see you, because I have done no wrong; and when I awake, your presence will fill me with joy.

Seek your happiness in the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desire.

Then I will go to your altar, O God; you are the source of my happiness. I will play my harp and sing praise to you, O God, my God.

Your constant love is better than life itself, and so I will praise you.

No one in heaven is like you, LORD; none of the heavenly beings is your equal.

"Happy are the pure in heart; they will see God!

Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ

My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

I heard a loud voice speaking from the throne: "Now God's home is with people! He will live with them, and they shall be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.

I did not see a temple in the city, because its temple is the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb.

The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God shines on it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

As a deer longs for a stream of cool water, so I long for you, O God.

I thirst for you, the living God. When can I go and worship in your presence?

May he be pleased with my song, for my gladness comes from him.

I lift up my hands to you in prayer; like dry ground my soul is thirsty for you.

Remind me each morning of your constant love, for I put my trust in you. My prayers go up to you; show me the way I should go.

We follow your will and put our hope in you; you are all that we desire.

At night I long for you with all my heart; when you judge the earth and its people, they will all learn what justice is.

Even though the fig trees have no fruit and no grapes grow on the vines, even though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no grain, even though the sheep all die and the cattle stalls are empty,

I will still be joyful and glad, because the LORD God is my savior.

"Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples.

Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ