1. My child, if you come to serve the Lord,prepare yourself for testing.
2. Set your heart straight, be steadfast,and don’t act hastily in a time of distress.
3. Hold fast to Godand don’t keep your distance from him,so that you may find strengthat your end.
4. Accept whatever happens to you,and be patientwhen you suffer humiliation,
5. because gold is tested with fire,and acceptable people are testedin the furnace of humiliation.
6. Trust him, and he will help you;make your ways straight,and hope in him.
7. You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy,and don’t turn asideor else you might fall.
8. You who fear the Lord, trust him,and you won’t lose your reward.
9. You who fear the Lord,hope for good things,for unending joy and mercy.