Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

His acts are characterized by faithfulness and justice; all his precepts are reliable.

I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.

The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.

When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom.

In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

Death and Destruction are before the Lord – how much more the hearts of humans!

The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips brings about evil.