Psalms 40:4

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!

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.

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;

“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people will be satisfied with my goodness,” says Yahweh.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.

You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin.

For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.

But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.

I hate those who regard lying vanities, but I trust in Yahweh.

Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them.

You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.

to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.

You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

On the next day, Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.”

Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t Yahweh anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?

Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.

However the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for Yahweh’s name.

However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.

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

How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

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

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.

But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.

“Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourself in sackcloth. Lament, and run back and forth among the fences; for Malcam will go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.

Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them;

When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can’t go back.”

Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

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

Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.

They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

They stoop and they bow down together. They could not deliver the burden, but they have gone into captivity.

if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.

“Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

“Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.

Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don’t turn away from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.

He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He didn’t turn away from it, doing that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes. However the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change;

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.

For, because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you also will be taken. Chemosh will go out into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.