I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me.

He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.

If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me!

They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness.

They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law.

because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them.

They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.

Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.

If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments,

But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise.

You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

Though a thousand may fall beside you, and a multitude on your right side, it will not reach you.

Then they say, “The Lord does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it.”

I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.