Yet I will exult in the Lord,
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.

The Lord God is my strength,
And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet,
And makes me walk on my high places.
For the choir director, on my stringed instruments.

Though the fig tree should not blossom
And there be no fruit on the vines,
Though the yield of the olive should fail
And the fields produce no food,
Though the flock should be cut off from the fold
And there be no cattle in the stalls,

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

“Is there any number to His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.

You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

Great is our Lord and abundant in strength;
His understanding is infinite.

But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming.

Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.

“Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.