The wordsof the LORDare purewords;As silvertriedin a furnaceon the earth,refinedseventimes.
Everywordof Godis tested;He is a shieldto those who takerefugein Him.
As for God,His wayis blameless;The wordof the LORDis tried;He is a shieldto allwho takerefugein Him.
"As for God,His wayis blameless;The wordof the LORDis tested;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.
Your wordis verypure,Therefore Your servantlovesit.
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 he has oppressed[and] forsakenthe poor;He has seizeda housewhich he has not built.
"Surelythereis a minefor silverAnd a placewhere they refinegold.
Be graciousto me, O LORD;Seemy afflictionfrom those who hateme, You who liftme up from the gatesof death,
For the wrathof manshall praiseYou; With a remnantof wrathYou will girdYourself.
For the LORDwill pleadtheir caseAnd takethe lifeof those who robthem.
"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.
