But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand [from judging the enemy]?
Remove Your hand from Your chest, destroy them!

And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

It's true that Moses struck the rock so that water flowed forth and torrents of water gushed out, but is he also able to give bread or to supply meat for his people?"

And they drew back and dealt treacherously like their fathers: they turned like a deceitful bow.

So he fed them with a faithful and true heart, and ruled them with all the diligence of his power.

Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.

So will we not draw back from thee, Thou wilt bring us to life, And, on thy Name, will we call.

Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

They were destroyed at En-dor; they became dung for the ground.

How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies!

Better a day in Your courts
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.

I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

It will be fixed for ever like the moon; and the witness in heaven is true. (Selah.)

Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.

There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and a joyful gladness for such as are true hearted.

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

Until the time that his word [of prophecy regarding his brothers] came true,
The word of the Lord tested and refined him.

And he will strike their vine and their fig trees, and he will break the tree of their bound.

So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.

They have forgotten God their saviour, The doer of great things in Egypt,

He brought them out of darkness and gloom, and tore off their bonds.

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

The works of His hands are true and just, Stedfast are all His appointments.

Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.

This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of righteousness will go in through it.

In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.

Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.

I have been true to your unchanging word; O Lord, do not put me to shame.

Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.

That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.

This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.

Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.

Let thy compassions reach me, that I may live, for, thy law, is my dear delight.

All Your commands are true;
people persecute me with lies—help me!

Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.

I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.

Sinners have put a net to take me; but I was true to your orders.

Sustain me, that I may be saved, and may find dear delight in thy statutes continually.

You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross [for they have no value];
Therefore I love Your testimonies.

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

I open my mouth and draw in my breath, for my delight is in thy commandments.

{Tsadi} Righteous art thou, O LORD, and true is thy judgment.

The testimonies that thou hast commanded are exceeding righteous and true.

Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.

Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and Your instruction is true.

Straitness and distress, have befallen me, Thy commandments, are my dear delights.

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.

You are near, Lord,
and all Your commands are true.

Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

My cry shall draw near before thee, O Jehovah: cause me to understand according to thy word.

I have longed for thy salvation, O Yahweh, and, thy law, is my dear delight.

Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning coals of the broom tree.

Wo! to me that I sojourned in Mesech; I dwelt with the tents of Ke dar.

Jerusalem! that hath been builded, A true city, all joined together as one:

Do well, O LORD, unto those that be good and true of heart.

They shall be ashamed and draw back all hating Zion.

Remember the day of Jerusalem's fall, LORD, because of the Edomites, who kept saying, "Tear it down! Tear it right down to its foundations!"

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them; shoot out thine arrows, and consume them.

The mountains and all heights, Fruit tree, and all cedars,

How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall he cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.

For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.

For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother,

Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

[She is] a deer of love and a doe of grace; may her breasts satisfy you {always}; by her love may you be intoxicated continually.

The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth and true riches,
And that I may fill their treasuries.

“When He established the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there;
When He drew a circle upon the face of the deep,

O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

The wise shall hide knowledge: and the mouth of the foolish drew near destruction.

The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.

The hope of the upright man will give joy, but the waiting of the evil-doer will have its end in sorrow.

The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

The mouth of the righteous flows with [skillful and godly] wisdom,
But the perverted tongue will be cut out.