²³ The desire of the righteous is only good; `But' the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

⁸ but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, `shall be' wrath and indignation,

⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

²⁸ The hope of the righteous `shall be' gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.

⁶ Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

¹⁶ As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

⁹ With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

⁷ When a wicked man dieth, `his' expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.

¹⁰ With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

⁵ Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

⁷ And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.

⁸ Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.

⁴ Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

⁴ One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.

¹⁷ Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;