Psalms 112:1

I didn’t sit in the assembly of those who make merry and rejoice. I sat alone because of your hand, for you have filled me with indignation.

One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.”

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn’t abhor evil.

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

My son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Yahweh.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.

As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.

What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

I said to their children in the wilderness, ‘Don’t walk in the statutes of your fathers. Don’t observe their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.

Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.

Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh’s name! Praise him, you servants of Yahweh,

Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed Yahweh, their God’s voice, and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.

God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.

But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people; but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.

A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”

I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”

Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.

I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.

Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

Who among you fears Yahweh and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.

You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them.

His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.

Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works,

For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,

For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;

Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.