5. I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my troubles.
6. Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.
7. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.
8. The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.
9. O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that hopeth in him.
10. Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
11. The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.
12. Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
13. Who is the man that desireth life: who loveth to see good days?
14. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
15. Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.
16. The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers.
17. But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
18. The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles.
19. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.
20. Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.