No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)

So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector, is just and never unfair.

Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

The Lord makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: “You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”

Those who pass by will not say, “May you experience the Lord’s blessing! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the Lord.”

and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.

He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man –

For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time – with self-control and not in drunkenness.

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk.

In the past he said to them, “This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found.” But they refused to listen.