The poor shall eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the LORD. Let your heart live forever!

When God arose to judgment, To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah

The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked down to the ground.

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.

But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD [is] upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to [those who are] bound;

Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the LORD's anger.

Blessed [are] the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.

gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

rather [let it be] the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible [beauty] of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always [be] ready to [give] a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

Do not be like the horse [or] like the mule, [Which] have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me [to] glory.

Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments.

Teach me to do Your will, For You [are] my God; Your Spirit [is] good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;

In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

I traverse the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,

"Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One [in whom] My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench; He will bring forth justice for truth.

"Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,

"that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

"I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do [them.]

Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

and said, "O full of all deceit and all fraud, [you] son of the devil, [you] enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,