Good people will be happy in the Lord and will find protection in him. Let everyone who is honest praise the Lord.
“Good people can watch and be glad; the innocent can laugh at them and say,
I trust in the Lord for protection. So why do you say to me, “Fly like a bird to your mountain.
Their descendants will be powerful in the land; the children of honest people will be blessed.
Protect me and save me. I trust you, so do not let me be disgraced.
Good people, rejoice and be happy in the Lord. Sing all you whose hearts are right.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many people will see this and worship him. Then they will trust the Lord.
Good people will be glad when they see him get even. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Light shines on those who do right; joy belongs to those who are honest.
I hope I will never brag about things like that. The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is my only reason for bragging. Through the cross of Jesus my world was crucified, and I died to the world.
Be full of joy in the Lord always. I will say again, be full of joy.