“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter –

Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

Who is this majestic king? The Lord who commands armies! He is the majestic king! (Selah)

saying, “Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?”

those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

A psalm of David. Lord, who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill?

Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings,

Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

The one who has ears had better listen!

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it?

John answered them, “The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise.”

It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right.

The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.

My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.

But it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us,

This is what the Lord, your protector, says, the one who formed you in the womb: “I am the Lord, who made everything, who alone stretched out the sky, who fashioned the earth all by myself,

The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.