So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;
So my brothers, well loved and very dear to me, my joy and crown, be strong in the Lord, my loved ones.
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?
It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.
A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.
Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
Through me chiefs have authority, and the noble ones are judging in righteousness.
Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.
O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
Let your right hand be stretched out for salvation, and give me an answer, so that your loved ones may be safe from danger.
It is of no use for you to get up early, and to go late to your rest, with the bread of sorrow for your food; for the Lord gives to his loved ones in sleep.
Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
All the fat ones of the earth will give him worship; all those who go down to the dust will make themselves low before him, even he who has not enough for the life of his soul.
For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.
I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
<To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death.> Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.
So that your loved ones may be made safe, let your right hand be my salvation, and give me an answer.
Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.
Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.
<To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.
The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.
Give a cry of grief, O fir-tree, for the fall of the cedar, because the great ones have been made low: give cries of grief, O you oaks of Bashan, for the strong trees of the wood have come down.
Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.
And the valley will be stopped ... and you will go in flight as you went in flight from the earth-shock in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah: and the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.
And the red ones go to the east; and they made request that they might go up and down through the earth: and he said, Go up and down through the earth. So they went up and down through the earth.
Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
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