The LORD knows the days of the upright, And their inheritance shall be forever.

But the wicked shall perish; And the enemies of the LORD, Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.

For [those] blessed by Him shall inherit the earth, But [those] cursed by Him shall be cut off.

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds [him with] His hand.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known [me.]

You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Then You knew my path. In the way in which I walk They have secretly set a snare for me.

But He knows the way that I take; [When] He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

The LORD [is] good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.

"I am the good shepherd; and I know My [sheep,] and am known by My own.

"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

The wicked will see [it] and be grieved; He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked shall perish.

The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.

There is a way [that seems] right to a man, But its end [is] the way of death.

The way of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD, But He loves him who follows righteousness.

" Enter by the narrow gate; for wide [is] the gate and broad [is] the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.

But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,