⁸ My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.

³⁵ You have given me the breastplate of your salvation: your right hand has been my support, and your mercy has made me great.

¹ See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.

¹⁰ Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

²⁹ And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

¹² So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;

¹³ For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

⁵ Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

⁶ And the Lord said, Give ear to the words of the evil judge.

⁷ And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

⁹ In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

² I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.

⁶ His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.

⁶ My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)

⁷ Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

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

²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.

²³ But still I am ever with you; you have taken me by my right hand.

¹² And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.

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

²¹ And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.

²⁶ And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.

²⁷ Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

²⁸ And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

²⁴ Do your best to go in by the narrow door, for I say to you, A number will make the attempt to go in, but will not be able to do so.

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.