Psalm 77

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm.

 ¹ I cried out to God for help;
       I cried out to God to hear me. ² When I was in distress, I sought the Lord;
       at night I stretched out untiring hands
       and my soul refused to be comforted.
 ³ I remembered you, O God, and I groaned;
       I mused, and my spirit grew faint.
       Selah
 ⁴ You kept my eyes from closing;
       I was too troubled to speak.
 ⁵ I thought about the former days,
       the years of long ago;
 ⁶ I remembered my songs in the night.
       My heart mused and my spirit inquired:
 ⁷ "Will the Lord reject forever?
       Will he never show his favor again?
 ⁸ Has his unfailing love vanished forever?
       Has his promise failed for all time?
 ⁹ Has God forgotten to be merciful?
       Has he in anger withheld his compassion?"
       Selah
 ¹⁰ Then I thought, "To this I will appeal:
       the years of the right hand of the Most High."
 ¹¹ I will remember the deeds of the LORD;
       yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
 ¹² I will meditate on all your works
       and consider all your mighty deeds.
 ¹³ Your ways, O God, are holy.
       What god is so great as our God?
 ¹⁴ You are the God who performs miracles;
       you display your power among the peoples.
 ¹⁵ With your mighty arm you redeemed your people,
       the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
       Selah
 ¹⁶ The waters saw you, O God,
       the waters saw you and writhed;
       the very depths were convulsed.
 ¹⁷ The clouds poured down water,
       the skies resounded with thunder;
       your arrows flashed back and forth.
 ¹⁸ Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,
       your lightning lit up the world;
       the earth trembled and quaked.
 ¹⁹ Your path led through the sea,
       your way through the mighty waters,
       though your footprints were not seen.
 ²⁰ You led your people like a flock
       by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Proverbs 8

The Excellence of Wisdom

 ¹ Does not wisdom cry out,
      And understanding lift up her voice?
       ² She takes her stand on the top of the high hill,
      Beside the way, where the paths meet.
       ³ She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city,
      At the entrance of the doors:
       ⁴ “ To you, O men, I call,
      And my voice is to the sons of men.
       ⁵ O you simple ones, understand prudence,
      And you fools, be of an understanding heart.
       ⁶ Listen, for I will speak of excellent things,
      And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
       ⁷ For my mouth will speak truth;
      Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
       ⁸ All the words of my mouth are with righteousness;
      Nothing crooked or perverse is in them.
       ⁹ They are all plain to him who understands,
      And right to those who find knowledge.
       ¹⁰ Receive my instruction, and not silver,
      And knowledge rather than choice gold;
       ¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies,
      And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.
       ¹² “ I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
      And find out knowledge and discretion.
       ¹³ The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
      Pride and arrogance and the evil way
      And the perverse mouth I hate.
       ¹⁴ Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
      I am understanding, I have strength.
       ¹⁵ By me kings reign,
      And rulers decree justice.
       ¹⁶ By me princes rule, and nobles,
      All the judges of the earth.^{[a]
       17} I love those who love me,
      And those who seek me diligently will find me.
       ¹⁸ Riches and honor are with me,
      Enduring riches and righteousness.
       ¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold,
      And my revenue than choice silver.
       ²⁰ I traverse the way of righteousness,
      In the midst of the paths of justice,
       ²¹ That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,
      That I may fill their treasuries.
       ²² “ The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way,
      Before His works of old.
       ²³ I have been established from everlasting,
      From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
       ²⁴ When there were no depths I was brought forth,
      When there were no fountains abounding with water.
       ²⁵ Before the mountains were settled,
      Before the hills, I was brought forth;
       ²⁶ While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields,
      Or the primal dust of the world.
       ²⁷ When He prepared the heavens, I was there,
      When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
       ²⁸ When He established the clouds above,
      When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
       ²⁹ When He assigned to the sea its limit,
      So that the waters would not transgress His command,
      When He marked out the foundations of the earth,
       ³⁰ Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman;^[b]
      And I was daily His delight,
      Rejoicing always before Him,
       ³¹ Rejoicing in His inhabited world,
      And my delight was with the sons of men.
       ³² “ Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
      For blessed are those who keep my ways.
       ³³ Hear instruction and be wise,
      And do not disdain it.
       ³⁴ Blessed is the man who listens to me,
      Watching daily at my gates,
      Waiting at the posts of my doors.
       ³⁵ For whoever finds me finds life,
      And obtains favor from the LORD;
       ³⁶ But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
      All those who hate me love death.”

Job 11:18

You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

Psalm 145: 15-16

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.