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21The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
   he turns it wherever he will.
² All deeds are right in the sight of the doer,
   but the Lord weighs the heart.
³ To do righteousness and justice
   is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
   the lamp of the wicked—are sin.
⁵ The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
   but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.
⁶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
   is a fleeting vapour and a snare^* of death.
¹⁰ The souls of the wicked desire evil;
   their neighbours find no mercy in their eyes.
¹¹ When a scoffer is punished, the simple become wiser;
   when the wise are instructed, they increase in knowledge.
¹² The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked;
   he casts the wicked down to ruin.
¹³ If you close your ear to the cry of the poor,
   you will cry out and not be heard.

Psalm 119

The Glories of God’s Law

¹ Happy are those whose way is blameless,
   who walk in the law of the Lord.
²⁷ Make me understand the way of your precepts,
   and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
³⁰ I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
   I set your ordinances before me.
³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
   and observe it with my whole heart.
³⁵ Lead me in the path of your commandments,
   for I delight in it.
⁴⁴ I will keep your law continually,
   for ever and ever.

The True Kindred of Jesus

19 Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. ²⁰And he was told, ‘Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.’ ²¹But he said to them, ‘My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.’