Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.
Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.
but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
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