I will find delight in your commands, which I love.

Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law.

I remember your name during the night, O Lord, and I will keep your law.

The rules you impose are just, and absolutely reliable.

May praise flow freely from my lips, for you teach me your statutes.

May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts.

Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!

To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, and a discerning plan to the young person.

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed.

before the mountains were set in place – before the hills – I was born,

She begins her work vigorously, and she strengthens her arms.

For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth – only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile – like chasing the wind!

God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor – instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.

The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.

His God instructs him; he teaches him the principles of agriculture.

So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.’

“Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me, the sovereign master has forgotten me.’