Psalms 5:3–4

¹⁴⁷I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

¹³But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

⁶My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

³⁵And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

¹⁷Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

⁹With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

¹⁶Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

²O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

⁵The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

¹⁴Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

¹⁷¶ Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

²¹These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

²⁷And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

⁷He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

¹³Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

¹⁵To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

¹³Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

¹³Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

²³Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

²⁰Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

²³And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

¹⁷I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.