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What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?

Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,

O LORD, our Lord, How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth.

Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, That His servants may remain there and possess it.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

The Lord GOD has given Me [His Servant] the tongue of disciples [as One who is taught], That I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple [as One who is taught.

Let my lips speak praise [with thanksgiving], For You teach me Your statutes

Let my tongue sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteous.

She opens her mouth in [skillful and godly] wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue [giving counsel and instruction]. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.

Keep your behavior excellent among the [unsaved] Gentiles [conduct yourself honorably, with graciousness and integrity], so that for whatever reason they may slander you as evildoers, yet by observing your good deeds they may [instead come to] glorify God in the day of visitation [when He looks upon them with mercy]. Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

Do not let unwholesome [foul, profane, worthless, vulgar] words ever come out of your mouth, but only such speech as is good for building up others, according to the need and the occasion, so that it will be a blessing to those who hear [you speak].

So keep up your courage, men, for I believe God and have complete confidence in Him that it will turn out exactly as I have been told. Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

But [strive for and actively] seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us,

to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen