Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases!

He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.

He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.

He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.

For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

So Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king wishes to honor,

Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

They say, “Commit yourself to the Lord! Let the Lord rescue him! Let the Lord deliver him, for he delights in him.”

Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.

The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.

I will make your pinnacles out of gems, your gates out of beryl, and your outer wall out of beautiful stones.

Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.

“All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Then let this clothing and this horse be given to one of the king’s noble officials. Let him then clothe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him lead him about through the plaza of the city on the horse, calling before him, ‘So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!’”

The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly. (Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)

If the Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us – a land that is flowing with milk and honey.

Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much.