The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him.

The LORD will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.

He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; And precious shall be their blood in His sight.

"Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall sling out, [as from] the pocket of a sling.

You shall come to the grave at a full age, As a sheaf of grain ripens in its season.

"So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

"I [am] He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred [and] forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.