³² The wicked is brought down in his calamity, But in death, the righteous has a refuge.

¹⁸ And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

⁸ We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

⁹ Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

¹⁸ I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

¹⁵ Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

²⁵ But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

²⁶ After my skin is destroyed, Then in my flesh shall I see God,

²⁷ Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. "My heart is consumed within me.

⁴ Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

³⁷ Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, For there is a future for the man of peace.

¹³ I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."

³ For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

²³ But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

²¹ For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

⁵⁵ "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

²² What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction,

²⁰ Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest steals him away in the night.

²¹ The east wind carries him away, and he departs; It sweeps him out of his place.

²² For it hurls at him, and does not spare, As he flees away from his hand.

¹¹ You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

¹⁵ As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, He will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

²⁶ This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end;

²⁷ TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

²⁸ PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

²⁹ Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

³⁰ In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

²⁹ "Now you are releasing your servant, Master, According to your word, in peace;

²¹ Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."

²⁴ I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

¹⁸ He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.