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⁵Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

Psalm 47

¹O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
²For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
³He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
⁴He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
⁵God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
⁷For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
⁸God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
⁹The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

⁹There is a sinner that hath good success in evil things; and there is a gain that turneth to loss.
¹⁰There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double.
¹¹There is an abasement because of glory; and there is that lifteth up his head from a low estate.
¹²There is that buyeth much for a little, and repayeth it sevenfold.
¹³A wise man by his words maketh him beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.
¹⁴The gift of a fool shall do thee no good when thou hast it; neither yet of the envious for his necessity: for he looketh to receive many things for one.
¹⁵He giveth little, and upbraideth much; he openeth his mouth like a crier; to day he lendeth, and to morrow will he ask it again: such an one is to be hated of God and man.
¹⁶The fool saith, I have no friends, I have no thank for all my good deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me.
¹⁷How oft, and of how many shall he be laughed to scorn! for he knoweth not aright what it is to have; and it is all one unto him as if he had it not.
¹⁸To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
¹⁹An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise.
²⁰A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool’s mouth; for he will not speak it in due season.

¹⁷Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
¹⁸For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
¹⁹Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
²⁰For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
²¹Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
²²But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
²³Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
²⁴Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
²⁵Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
²⁶Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.