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.