The exerciseof justiceis joyfor the righteous,But is terrorto the workersof iniquity.
Praisethe LORD!How blessedis the manwho fearsthe LORD,Who greatlydelightsin His commandments.
I shall delightin Your statutes;I shall not forgetYour word.Gimel.
IfYour lawhad not been my delight,ThenI would have perishedin my affliction.
I delightto doYour will,O my God;Your Lawis withinmy heart."
The wayof the LORDis a strongholdto the upright,But ruinto the workersof iniquity.
The righteousoneconsidersthe houseof the wicked,Turningthe wickedto ruin.
A manwho wandersfrom the wayof understandingWill restin the assemblyof the dead.
For whyshould you, my son,be exhilaratedwith an adulteressAnd embracethe bosomof a foreigner?
I knowthat thereis nothingbetterfor them thanto rejoiceand to dogoodin one's lifetime;
You meethim who rejoicesin doingrighteousness,Who remembersYou in Your ways.Behold,You were angry,for we sinned,[We continued] in them a longtime;And shall we be saved?
"And thenI will declareto them, 'I neverknewyou; DEPARTFROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICELAWLESSNESS.'
Jesussaidto them, "My foodis to dothe willof Him who sentMe and to accomplishHis work.
For I joyfully concurwith the lawof Godin the innerman,