The Lord tests the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul.

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my mind and my heart.

For You, O God, have proved us; You have tried us with fire as silver is tried.

For the end, A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have proved me, and known me.

For He already knows my way, and He has tried me as gold.

And I will bring the third [part] through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon My name, and I will hear them, and say, This is My people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

And who will abide the day of His coming? Or who will withstand at His appearing? For He is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers.

For I am conscious of nothing, but I have not been justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.

so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, though being tested with fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

I will bless the Lord who has instructed me; my reins too have chastened me even till night.

But having known their works, He delivered them into darkness; and in the night one will be as a thief.

Wherefore their hearts are inflamed as an oven, while they rage all the night. Ephraim is satisfied with sleep; the morning has come; he is burnt up as a flame of fire.

They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.

And a vision appeared during the night to Paul. A certain man of Macedonia was standing, urging him, and saying, "Come across to Macedonia and help us."

Now the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision in the night, "Fear not, but speak, and do not keep silent;

for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city."

if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies.

All these things have come upon us; but we have not forgotten You, neither have we dealt unrighteously in Your covenant.

For You have laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

for He knows the secrets of the heart.

[ 24:11] Behold, your eyes have seen this day how that the Lord has delivered you into my hands in the cave. And I would not kill you, but I spared you, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my master, for he is the Lord's anointed.

[ 24:13] The Lord judge between me and you, and the Lord vindicate you on yourself. But my hand shall not be upon you.

The Lord forbid that I should lift up my hand against the Lord's anointed. And now take the spear from his bolster, and the pitcher of water, and let us return home.

And the Lord shall recompense each according to his righteousness and his truth, since the Lord delivered you this day into my hands, and I would not lift my hand against the Lord's anointed.

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

For the end, A Song of David, to Jeduthun. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.

I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of Your righteousness.

He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life, but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.

who, arriving and seeing the grace of God, was glad, and encouraged them all with purpose of heart to continue with the Lord,

For we all stumble in many [ways]. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a mature man, able also to bridle the whole body.