For the LORDGodis a sunand shield;The LORDgivesgraceand glory;Nogoodthingdoes He withholdfrom those who walkuprightly.
Afterthesethingsthe wordof the LORDcameto Abramin a vision,saying,"Do not fear,Abram,I am a shieldto you; Your rewardshall be verygreat."
You are my hidingplaceand my shield;I waitfor Your word.
He who walkswith integrity,and worksrighteousness,And speakstruthin his heart.
The LORDis my lightand my salvation;Whomshall I fear?The LORDis the defenseof my life;Whomshall I dread?
But You, O LORD,are a shieldaboutme, My glory,and the One who liftsmy head.
The princesof the peoplehave assembledthemselves [as] the peopleof the Godof Abraham,For the shieldsof the earthbelong to God;He is highlyexalted.
Beholdour shield,O God,And lookupon the faceof Your anointed.
Indeed,the LORDwill givewhatis good,And our landwill yieldits produce.
He who walksin integritywalkssecurely,But he who pervertshis wayswill be foundout.
He storesup soundwisdomfor the upright;[He is] a shieldto those who walkin integrity,
He who walksblamelesslywill be delivered,But he who is crookedwill fallallat once.
Betteris the poorwho walksin his integrityThanhe who is crookedthough he be rich.
"Is it being said,O houseof Jacob:'Is the Spiritof the LORDimpatient?Are theseHis doings?'Do not My wordsdogoodTo the one walkinguprightly?
"But for you who fearMy name,the sunof righteousnesswill risewith healingin its wings;and you will goforthand skipaboutlike calvesfrom the stall.
"But seekfirstHis kingdomand His righteousness,and allthese thingswill be addedto you.
For of His fullnesswe have allreceived,and graceupon grace.
There was the true Lightwhich,cominginto the world,enlightenseveryman.
ThenJesusagainspoketo them, saying,"I amthe Lightof the world;he who followsMe will not walkin the darkness,but will havethe Lightof life."
But we all,with unveiledface,beholding as in a mirrorthe gloryof the Lord,are being transformedinto the sameimagefrom gloryto glory,justas from the Lord,the Spirit.
For momentary,lightafflictionis producingfor us an eternalweightof gloryfarbeyondall comparison,
But whenI sawthat they were not straightforwardaboutthe truthof the gospel,I saidto Cephasin the presenceof all,"Ifyou, beinga Jew,livelike the Gentilesand not like the Jews,how[is it that] you compelthe Gentilesto live like Jews?
"They shall havenoinheritanceamongtheir countrymen;the LORDis their inheritance,as He promisedthem.
[For I am] confidentof thisvery thing,that He who begana goodworkin you will perfectit untilthe dayof ChristJesus.
And my Godwill supplyallyour needsaccordingto His richesin gloryin ChristJesus.
And the cityhasnoneedof the sunorof the moonto shineon it, for the gloryof Godhas illuminedit, and its lamp[is] the Lamb.
