The wordsof the LORDare purewords;As silvertriedin a furnaceon the earth,refinedseventimes.
"As for God,His wayis blameless;The wordof the LORDis tested;He is a shieldto allwho takerefugein Him.
"For he has oppressed[and] forsakenthe poor;He has seizeda housewhich he has not built.
"Surelythereis a minefor silverAnd a placewhere they refinegold.
Your wordis verypure,Therefore Your servantlovesit.
As for God,His wayis blameless;The wordof the LORDis tried;He is a shieldto allwho takerefugein Him.
The preceptsof the LORDare right,rejoicingthe heart;The commandmentof the LORDis pure,enlighteningthe eyes.
For You have triedus, O God;You have refinedus as silveris refined.
For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
Be graciousto me, O LORD;Seemy afflictionfrom those who hateme, You who liftme up from the gatesof death,
The LORDsaid,"I have surelyseenthe afflictionof My peoplewhoare in Egypt,and have givenheedto their crybecauseof their taskmasters,for I am awareof their sufferings.
"So I have comedownto deliverthem from the powerof the Egyptians,and to bringthem up from that landto a goodand spaciousland,to a landflowingwith milkand honey,to the placeof the Canaaniteand the Hittiteand the Amoriteand the Perizziteand the Hiviteand the Jebusite.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Nowyou shall seewhatI will doto Pharaoh;for under compulsionhe will letthem go,and under compulsionhe will drivethem out of his land."
For the LORDwill pleadtheir caseAnd takethe lifeof those who robthem.
Everywordof Godis tested;He is a shieldto those who takerefugein Him.
"I will riseup againstthem," declaresthe LORDof hosts,"and will cutofffrom Babylonnameand survivors,offspringand posterity,"declaresthe LORD.
"NowI will arise,"saysthe LORD,"NowI will be exalted,nowI will be liftedup.
