I lift up my hands to your commandments; I study your statutes, which I love.
One day toward evening he went out to walk in the field, and caught sight of camels approaching.
Rather, the law of the Lord is his joy; and on his law he meditates day and night.
Rise up, Lord! God, lift up your hand! Do not forget the poor!
I will ponder your precepts and consider your paths.
How I love your law, Lord! I study it all day long.
Because they used to serve them before their idols, thus becoming a stumbling block to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn an oath against them, says the Lord God, and they will bear the consequences of their sin.
On that day—oracle of the Lord— I will destroy the horses from your midst and ruin your chariots;
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
You are my friends if you do what I command you.