Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.

When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.

From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.

I spread out my hands to you; I thirst for you like a parched land.

You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.

The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it.

When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me.

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.

Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

Give us today our daily bread.

The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.

In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters.

So that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.

Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.

When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber.

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

Restore us, Lord God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”