"Indeed,He lovesthe people;AllYour holyonesare in Your hand,And they followedin Your steps;[Everyone] receivesof Your words.
My timesare in Your hand;Deliverme from the handof my enemiesand from those who persecuteme.
He choosesour inheritancefor us, The gloryof JacobwhomHe loves.Selah.
"GatherMy godlyonesto Me, Those who have madea covenantwith Me by sacrifice."
My son,ifyou will receivemy wordsAnd treasuremy commandmentswithinyou,
For I have takenallthisto my heartand explainit that righteousmen,wisemen,and their deedsare in the handof God.Mandoes not knowwhether[it will be] loveorhatred;anythingawaitshim.
"Goand proclaimin the earsof Jerusalem,saying,'Thussaysthe LORD,"I rememberconcerning you the devotionof your youth,The loveof your betrothals,Your followingafterMe in the wilderness,Through a landnot sown.
The LORDappearedto him from afar,[saying], "I have lovedyou with an everlastinglove;ThereforeI have drawnyou with lovingkindness.
"I will makean everlastingcovenantwith them that I will not turnawayfrom them, to dothem good;and I will putthe fearof Me in their heartsso that they will not turnawayfrom Me.
WhenIsrael[was] a youthI lovedhim, And out of EgyptI calledMy son.
"I have lovedyou," saysthe LORD.But you say,"Howhave You lovedus?" "[Was] not EsauJacob'sbrother?"declaresthe LORD."Yet I have lovedJacob;
saying:"The scribesand the Phariseeshave seated themselvesin the chairof Moses;
She hada sistercalledMary,whowas seatedat the Lord'sfeet,listeningto His word.
Then,afterthreedaysthey foundHim in the temple,sittingin the midstof the teachers,bothlisteningto them and asking them questions.
[The people] wentout to seewhat had happened;and they cameto Jesus,and foundthe manfrom whomthe demonshad goneout, sitting downat the feetof Jesus,clothedand in his right mind;and they became frightened.
"I ama Jew,bornin Tarsusof Cilicia,but broughtup in thiscity,educatedunderGamaliel,strictlyaccordingto the lawof our fathers,beingzealousfor Godjustas you allare today.
"For you are a holypeopleto the LORDyour God,and the LORDhas chosenyou to be a peoplefor His own possessionout of allthe peopleswhoare on the faceof the earth.
"BecauseHe lovedyour fathers,therefore He chosetheir descendantsafterthem. And He personallybroughtyou from Egyptby His greatpower,
"Now thisis the commandment,the statutesand the judgmentswhichthe LORDyour Godhas commanded[me] to teachyou, that you might do[them] in the landwhereyou are goingoverto possessit,
You alsobecameimitatorsof us and of the Lord,having receivedthe wordin muchtribulationwith the joyof the HolySpirit,
who are protectedby the powerof Godthroughfaithfor a salvationreadyto be revealedin the lasttime.
We love,becauseHe firstlovedus.
"He keepsthe feetof His godlyones,But the wickedonesare silencedin darkness;For not by mightshall a manprevail.
