²² Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

² A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

⁷ Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.

⁷ The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

⁸ But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

²² The ornament of a man is his mercy, and a poor man is better than one who is false.

¹⁷ He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

²⁹ Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

⁷ May the seat of his authority be before God for ever; may mercy and righteousness keep him safe.

¹⁰ All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

⁸ But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

²⁷ And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.