The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day the Lord has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

— PSALM 1 1 8 : 2 2 – 2 4

You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. —PSALM 16:11

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

— PSALM 37 : 7

[M]y lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit. I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity.

— JOB 27:4–5

Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. —PSALM 86:11

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? —PROVERBS 27:4

O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure. — PSALM 7 : 9

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! —JOB 19:25–27

My lover spoke and said to me,“Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land . . .Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.”

— SONG OF SONGS 2:10–13

Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away. —LAMENTATIONS 1:8