To Sheol the wicked will depart, all the nations that forget God.
Those who say, “By our tongues we prevail; when our lips speak, who can lord it over us?”
For you will surely have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Such, you must know, is wisdom to your soul. If you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
“The Lord looked down from the holy heights, viewed the earth from heaven,
And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.
The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty.
For he stands at the right hand of the poor to save him from those who pass judgment on him.
Once the Lord has rebuilt Zion and appeared in glory,
That he may defend the oppressed among the people, save the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.
You are my hope, Lord; my trust, God, from my youth.
Sing hymns to the Lord enthroned on Zion; proclaim his deeds among the nations!
“Now understand this, you who forget God, lest I start ripping apart and there be no rescuer.
When you would destroy the wicked, O God, the bloodthirsty depart from me!