Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.” O Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song! Praise him in the assembly of the godly!

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

Sing to the Lord a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!

to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor, the day when our God will seek vengeance, to console all who mourn,

The Lord commanded the enemy, “March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the Lord.

Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.

“Indeed a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when the city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my special city. It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate.

How long will you cry out, ‘Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!’

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations.

You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram.

“‘You will provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering daily to the Lord; morning by morning he will provide it.

The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.

They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the Lord.

The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

Who knows? Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, and leave blessing in his wake – a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the Lord your God!