A psalm of David
- Do not agonise over the fate of the depraved or be jealous of those who are responsible for injustice.
- Like cut flowers, they bloom for a short period but are soon forgotten. Like an evening celebration, when it’s over there is the clear up then life goes on.
- Place your expectations in the Lord and be kind-hearted in what you do. He / she will be your Guardian and ensure that you flourish.
- Let your heart find its pleasure in loving the Lord and he / she will take care of your wishes.
- Entrust all your plans and actions to the Lord and expect him / her to guide you.
- Your integrity will be visible to everyone and the fairness of your convictions will stand out.
- Enjoy the Lord’s close company and his / her calming influence. Let him / her decide what to do and when. Let him / her concern himself / herself with the malicious and their perverse tactics.
- Drop your outrage and put a lid on your seething fury. Nip resentment in the bud as it always leads to pain.
- The depraved will be knocked down whereas those who have confidence in the Lord will win the day.
- In a short time, the malicious will vanish. You will wonder what has happened, but they will be over.
- Instead the ordinary will be the ones who flourish; their communities will be places of co-operation and success.
- Those with no principles target the people of faith – they goad and confront them.
- But the Boss sees what is happening and chuckles; he / she knows that soon they will be tried for their abuse.
- The vicious gang together to abuse and oppress the poor and weak. They are ready to use violence to intimidate those who want quiet lives.
- But their violence will turn around on them and they will be left powerless.
- It is better to love the Lord and be materially poor, than to have wealth but be cruel.
- The Lord will take care of his / her own, but the life blood of the vicious will drained away.
- Each and every day, the Lord supports those who are straightforward, and he / she will provide for them to live well forever.
- Even when times are tough, they will not be humiliated; in desperate times, when things are scarce, they will have what they need and more.
- The perverse have made themselves the Lord’s enemies and will not experience his / her care. They will be gone like a puff of smoke.
- The shameful borrow whatever they can with no thought for repayment, but the Lord’s people give selflessly.
- Those he / she protects will flourish but those he / she denounces will fade away.
- The Lord shows the best route to his / her followers. He / she loves being involved in every aspect of their lives.
- They might trip but they will not fall over because the Lord catches them by the hand.
- As I look back over the years of my life, I have seen that the Lord always provides for his / her followers and their families. They never go hungry.
- They always give what they have freely, and their children know how to serve.
- Abandon your personal agenda with its wrong focus and replace it with God’s agenda for good. This will ensure that you and your family are established for ever.
- For the Lord loves being fair to people and he / she will stick close to his / her followers.
He / she will protect them for ever even as the families of the shameful are fading away.
- God’s followers are his / her family and they will live in his / her home forever.
- The Lord’s followers give wise advice and are able to show others how to recognise what to do for the best.
- They have made their Creator’s directions their constant guide, so they stick to the route he / she has planned.
- The shameful look for every opportunity to discredit the Lord’s followers, they are determined to see them abandon their faith.
- But the Lord will ensure that they do not succeed, and his / her followers will not be humiliated when cross-examined.
- Follow the desire of the Lord’s heart and stick to his / her guidance. He / she will make you a member of his / her family and give you a place in his / her home. The unprincipled will fade away.
- There are times when the depraved and cruel seem to be in the ascendancy – all they touch turns to gold.
- But in the blink of an eye, they and what they have created has sunk without trace.
- In contrast, model yourself on those who are trustworthy and kind-hearted for they will find fulfilment in their loving relationships.
- But those who defy the Lord have no future, they have put themselves on a path with an abrupt end.
- The Lord liberates his / her followers and protects them when times are tough.
- The Lord delivers them from the cruel and becomes their guardian putting them back on their feet.
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