For You, O Lord, shall bless the righteous: You have compassed us as with a shield of favor.

The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in Him, and I am helped; my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to Him.

Blessed [are] you, O Israel; who [is] like you, O people saved by the Lord? Your helper shall hold His shield over you, and [His] sword [is] your boast; and your enemies shall speak falsely to you, and you shall tread upon their neck.

And You have given me the shield of my salvation, and Your propitious dealing has increased me,

Show the marvels of Your mercies, You that save them that trust in You.

Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, in Your comeliness, and in Your beauty;

and bend [Your bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and Your right hand shall guide You wonderfully.

He shall tend His flock as a shepherd, and He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and He shall soothe them that are with young.

All your princes have fled, and [your] captives are tightly bound, and the mighty [men] in you have fled far away.

Now I, Paul, myself appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who face to face [am] lowly among you, but when I am away am bold toward you.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness, self-control--against such things there is no law.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those making peace.