He who has clean hands and a true heart; whose desire has not gone out to foolish things, who has not taken a false oath.
His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.
Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.
When things went well for me I said, I will never be moved.
My soul will say great things of the Lord: the poor in spirit will have knowledge of it and be glad.
For they do not say words of peace; in their deceit they are designing evil things against the quiet ones in the land.
Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)
Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
<To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
And go nobly on in your power, because you are good and true and without pride; and your right hand will be teaching you things of fear.
These things have you done, and I said nothing; it seemed to you that I was such a one as yourself; but I will make a protest against you, and put them in order before your eyes.
I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.
Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.
Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.
Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.
O God, send out your strength; the strength, O God, with which you have done great things for us,
I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.
Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?
O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?
Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.
So these things came to the Lord's ears, and he was angry; and a fire was lighted against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel;
You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;
Noble things are said of you, O town of God. (Selah.)
I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.
You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,
Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing.
And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:
The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John;
Put in writing, then, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will be after these;
Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.
A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near.
And after these things I saw, and the house of the Tent of witness in heaven was open:
And they said evil things against the God of heaven because of their pain and their wounds; and they were not turned from their evil works.
And great drops of ice, every one about the weight of a talent, came down out of heaven on men: and men said evil things against God because of the punishment of the ice-drops; for it is very great.
And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.
And the woman was clothed in purple and bright red, with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels; and in her hand was a gold cup full of evil things and her unclean desires;
And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH.
After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was bright with his glory.
And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone from you, and all things delicate and shining have come to an end and will never again be seen.
The traders in these things, by which their wealth was increased, will be watching far off for fear of her punishment, weeping and crying;
After these things there came to my ears a sound like the voice of a great band of people in heaven, saying, Praise to the Lord; salvation and glory and power be to our God:
And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.
To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:
Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos say: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword:
But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.
And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.
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