And so I am thankful and glad, and I feel completely secure,

So I will not be silent; I will sing praise to you. LORD, you are my God; I will give you thanks forever.

Then I will proclaim your righteousness, and I will praise you all day long.

Spare my life, O God, and save me, and I will gladly proclaim your righteousness.

Wake up, my soul! Wake up, my harp and lyre! I will wake up the sun.

You only want to bring him down from his place of honor; you take pleasure in lies. You speak words of blessing, but in your heart you curse him.

I will speak of your righteousness all day long, because those who tried to harm me have been defeated and disgraced.

I have complete confidence, O God! I will sing and praise you! Wake up, my soul!

And so I am filled with gladness, and my words are full of joy. And I, mortal though I am, will rest assured in hope,

There in front of the whole assembly King David praised the LORD. He said, "LORD God of our ancestor Jacob, may you be praised forever and ever!

Then David commanded the people, "Praise the LORD your God!" And the whole assembly praised the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they bowed low and gave honor to the LORD and also to the king.

I will always thank the LORD; I will never stop praising him.

I will give you thanks as long as I live; I will raise my hands to you in prayer.

I will proclaim your greatness, my God and king; I will thank you forever and ever.

I will always praise the LORD; let all his creatures praise his holy name forever.

The Lord said, "These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! For in our union with Christ he has blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world.

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,

They all went out into their vineyards and picked the grapes, made wine from them, and held a festival. They went into the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and made fun of Abimelech.

When King David arrived at Bahurim, one of Saul's relatives, Shimei son of Gera, came out to meet him, cursing him as he came.

Abishai son of Zeruiah spoke up: "Shimei should be put to death because he cursed the one whom the LORD chose as king."

Their speech is filled with curses, lies, and threats; they are quick to speak hateful, evil words.

Sin is on their lips; all their words are sinful; may they be caught in their pride! Because they curse and lie,

He loved to curse---may he be cursed! He hated to give blessings---may no one bless him!

He cursed as naturally as he dressed himself; may his own curses soak into his body like water and into his bones like oil!

and you know yourself that you have insulted other people many times.

But now I tell you: love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Then Peter said, "I swear that I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I am not! I do not know that man!" Just then a rooster crowed,

their speech is filled with bitter curses.

Then God said, "And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small."

So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female,

This is the list of the descendants of Adam. (When God created human beings, he made them like himself.

Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.

A man has no need to cover his head, because he reflects the image and glory of God. But woman reflects the glory of man;