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The LORD is their [unyielding] strength, And He is the fortress of salvation to His anointed.  

My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast and confident! I will sing, yes, I will sing praises [to You].

Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

Like newborn babies [you should] long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation [its ultimate fulfillment],

if in fact you have [already] tasted the goodness and gracious kindness of the Lord.

Come to Him [the risen Lord] as to a living Stone which men rejected and threw away, but which is choice and precious in the sight of God.

You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us?

Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words].

By this we will know [without any doubt] that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart and quiet our conscience before Him.

But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth]. For He will not speak on His own initiative, but He will speak whatever He hears [from the Father—the message regarding the Son], and He will disclose to you what is to come [in the future].

He will glorify and honor Me, because He (the Holy Spirit) will take from what is Mine and will disclose it to you.