491 Hear this , all peoples ; Give ear , all inhabitants of the world , 2 Both low e and high e , Rich and poor together . 3 My mouth will speak wisdom , And the meditation of my heart will be understanding . 4 I will incline my ear to a proverb ; I will express my riddle on the harp . 5 Why should I fear in days of adversity , When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me,
6 Even those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches ? 7 No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him- 8 For the redemption of his soul is costly , And he should cease trying forever - 9 That he should live on eternally , That he should not undergo decay . 10 For he sees that even wise men die ; The stupid and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others . 11 Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations ; They have called their lands after their own names . 12 But man in his pomp will not endure ; He is like the beasts that perish . 13 This is the way of those who are foolish , And of those after them who approve their words . Selah . 14 As sheep they are appointed for Sheol ; Death shall be their shepherd ; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning , And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no habitation .
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol , For He will receive me. Selah . 16 Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich , When the glory of his house is increased ; 17 For when he dies he will carry nothing e away; His glory will not descend after him. 18 Though while he lives he congratulates himself - And though men praise you when you do well for yourself- 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers ; They will never e e see the light . 20 Man in his pomp , yet without understanding , Is like the beasts that perish .
501 The Mighty One , God , the Lord , has spoken , And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting . 2 Out of Zion , the perfection of beauty , God has shone forth . 3 May our God come and not keep silence ; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around Him. 4 He summons the heavens above e , And the earth , to judge His people : 5 "Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice ." 6 And the heavens declare His righteousness , For God Himself is judge . Selah .
7 " Hear , O My people , and I will speak ; O Israel , I will testify against you; I am God , your God . 8 "I do not reprove you for your sacrifices , And your burnt offerings are continually before Me. 9 "I shall take no young bull out of your house Nor male goats out of your folds . 10 "For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills . 11 "I know every bird of the mountains , And everything that moves in the field is Mine . 12 "If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains . 13 "Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats ? 14 "Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High ; 15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble ; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me."
16 But to the wicked God says , "What right have you to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth ? 17 "For you hate discipline , And you cast My words behind you. 18 "When you see a thief , you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers . 19 "You let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit . 20 "You sit and speak against your brother ; You slander e your own mother's son . 21 "These things you have done and I kept silence ; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes . 22 "Now consider this , you who forget God , Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver . 23 "He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God ."
11 Paul , a bond-servant of Christ Jesus , [1] called as an apostle , set apart for the gospel of God , 2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures , 3 concerning His Son , who was born of a [2]descendant of David according to the flesh , 4 who was declared the Son of God with power [3]by the resurrection from the dead , according to the [4]Spirit of holiness , Jesus Christ our Lord , 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship [5]to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake , 6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ ; 7 to all who are beloved of God in Rome , called as [6] saints : Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ .
8 First , I thank my God through Jesus Christ [7]for you all , because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world . 9 For God , whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son , is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you, 10 always in my prayers making request , if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you. 11 For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be [8]established ; 12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other's faith , both yours and mine . 13 I do not want you to be unaware , brethren , that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far ) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also , even as among the rest of the Gentiles . 14 I am [9]under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians , both to the wise and to the foolish . 15 So , for my part , I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome .
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel , for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes , to the Jew first and also to the Greek . 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed [10]from faith to faith ; as it is written , "[11] BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH ."
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth [12]in unrighteousness ,
19 because that which is known about God is evident [13]within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature , have been clearly seen , being understood through what has been made , so that they are without excuse . 21 For even though they knew God , they did not [14]honor Him as God or give thanks , but they became futile in their speculations , and their foolish heart was darkened . 22 Professing to be wise , they became fools , 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and [15]crawling creatures . 24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity , so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for [16]a lie , and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator , who is blessed [17]forever . Amen . 26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions ; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is [18]unnatural e , 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another , men with men committing [19]indecent acts and receiving in [20]their own persons the due penalty of their error . 28 And just as they did not see fit [21]to acknowledge e God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind , to do those things which are not proper , 29 being filled with all unrighteousness , wickedness , greed , evil ; full of envy , murder , strife , deceit , malice ; they are gossips , 30 slanderers , [22] haters of God , insolent , arrogant , boastful , inventors of evil , disobedient to parents , 31 without understanding , untrustworthy , unloving , unmerciful ; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God , that those who practice such things are worthy of death , they not only do the same , but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
