He set me free in the open; he rescued me because he loves me.
He will deliver whoever is innocent; you shall be delivered if your hands are clean.
He entices you from distress, to a broad place without constraint; what rests on your table is rich food.
In danger I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.
I was honest toward him; I was on guard against sin.
“The clean of hand and pure of heart, who has not given his soul to useless things, what is vain.
I will wash my hands in innocence so that I may process around your altar, Lord,
You will not abandon me into enemy hands, but will set my feet in a free and open space.
Then the just shall rejoice to see the vengeance and bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Lest someone maul me like a lion, tear my soul apart with no one to deliver.
Have the assembly of the peoples gather about you; and return on high above them,
The wicked make empty profits, but those who sow justice have a sure reward.
Though I thought I had toiled in vain, for nothing and for naught spent my strength, Yet my right is with the Lord, my recompense is with my God.
The Lord has proclaimed to the ends of the earth: Say to daughter Zion, “See, your savior comes! See, his reward is with him, his recompense before him.”
so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. Teaching About Prayer.
The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor.
It was fitting that we should have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, higher than the heavens.
When David finished saying these things to Saul, Saul answered, “Is that your voice, my son David?” And he wept freely.