¹⁵ It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

²⁹ The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

²² In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,

³⁴ Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

²⁷ But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

²⁸ There will be weeping and cries of sorrow when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are shut outside.

⁴¹ The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

⁴² And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

²³ And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.

⁵ For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.

¹² I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

¹² The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

²⁰ Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

⁹² If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.

¹⁶ I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.

¹ Let the Lord be praised. Happy is the man who gives honour to the Lord, and has great delight in his laws.

⁸ My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

¹² For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

¹³ The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

¹⁴ I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

¹⁶ I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

¹⁷ By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.