⁸ Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

¹ My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;

² For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.

³ This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;

⁴ Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.

¹ <A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.> It is a good thing to give praise to the Lord, and to make melody to your name, O Most High;

² To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night;

³ On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.

⁴ For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.

¹³ My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

¹⁴ So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁵ Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

¹² But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

²³ A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!

² For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

⁸ He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

¹¹ Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

²⁸ But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

¹⁷ Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

⁵⁰ Salt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

¹ <A Song of the going up. Of David.> See how good and how pleasing it is for brothers to be living together in harmony!

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him.

²⁶ It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.

²⁷ It is good for a man to undergo the yoke when he is young.

⁴ Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:

⁵ For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.

⁶ If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

⁵ For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations.

¹⁶ Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

² And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.