⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

²³ let us hold fast the confession of our hope unyieldingly. For he who promised is faithful.

¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, And your servant loves them.

²⁰ For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes." Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory of God through us.

²¹ Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;

²² who also sealed us, and gave us the down payment of the Spirit in our hearts.

²³ But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn't come to Corinth to spare you.

³ For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.

⁵⁶ Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

¹² Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

¹⁴ Yahweh upholds all who fall, And raises up all those who are bowed down.

¹⁵ The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.

⁵ Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame.

¹¹ The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.

¹³ in whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Gospel of your salvation,--in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

¹⁴ who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory.

¹⁵ For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,