Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.

Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.

I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.

The Lord is your protector; the Lord is the shade at your right hand.

The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,

How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land?

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

The Lord is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made.

How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!

She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.

So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous.

The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.

A person’s wisdom makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.