Ps. xciv. 19. In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. Ps. xcvii. 11. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Ps. cvii. 9. He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 42. The righteous shall see it and rejoice... 43. Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. Ps. cxii. 4. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness. Ps. cxviii. 27. God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light... Ps. cxix. 10. With my whole heart have I sought thee. 20. My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. 40. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. 81. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 88. Quicken me after thy lovingkindness... 123. Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. 131. I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. 174. I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight. 175. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee..... P8. cxxx. 6. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. P8. cxxxix. 17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. Ps. cxl. 13. ...The upright shall dwell in thy presence. P8. cxli. 8. Mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord... P8. cxliv. 15. Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. ... Pro. x. 28. The hope of the righteous shall be gladness. Pro. xxi. 21. He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. Pro. xxviii. 5. They that seek the Lord understand all things. Isa. xxv. 9. ...This is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. Isa. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee... 8. The desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 9. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early... Isa. xxx. 18. ... Blessed are all they that wait for him. Isa. lvi. 6. The sons of the stranger, that join them selves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants;... 7. Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Isa. lviii. 14. Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord. Isa. lxi. 10. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation. La. iii. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 41. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. Hos. xii. 6. ... Wait on thy God continually. Jon. ii. 7. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. Mi. vii. 7. Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. GOD REQUIRES OF US JUSTICE AND JUDGMENT. Ex. xxiii. 6. Thoù shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 7. Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Lev. xix. 15. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. 35. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 36. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God. Deu. xvi. 18. Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates:... and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19. Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 20. That which is altogether just shalt thou fol low, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Deu. xxi. 15. If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be her's that was hated: 16. Then it shall be when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn : 17. But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath for he is the beginning of his strength the right of the firstborn is his. Deu. xxiv. 16. The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge. Deu. xxv. 13. Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15. But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and a just measure shalt thou have. 16. For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. |