⁹ He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

¹¹ For he will give you into the care of his angels to keep you wherever you go.

¹² In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.

¹⁶ A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

¹⁷ A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.

¹² But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

³ May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.

⁵ Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.

³ All his holy ones are at his hand; they go at his feet; they are lifted up on his wings.

⁴⁹ And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.

⁵⁰ So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.

²⁴ And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone.

²³ The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

²⁴ Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.

²⁸ For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.

¹⁸ If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.

¹⁰ You who are lovers of the Lord, be haters of evil; he keeps the souls of his saints; he takes them out of the hand of sinners.

¹⁷ This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

¹³ Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

³ My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

¹ Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ:

¹⁶ So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

⁵ The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.

⁸ The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.

⁸ He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.

⁹ A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

¹¹ And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

¹⁴ Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.

²³ This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:

¹⁵ That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.

⁶ This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by force or by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of armies.

¹² And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

¹⁹ Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

¹⁷ These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

²⁶ For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.