29 “If I have grejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
or exulted when evil overtook him
15 fRejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
7 Peace be within your nwalls
and security within your ntowers!”
8 For my brothers and companions’ sake
I will say, o“Peace be within you!”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will pseek your good.
Let Us Go to the House of the Lord
A Song of mAscents. Of David.
1 I was glad when they said to me,
g“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
5 The aim of our charge is love lthat issues from a pure heart and ma good conscience and na sincere faith.
3 For Mordecai the Jew was bsecond in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he csought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.
The Greatness of Mordecai
1 King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on ythe coastlands of the sea.
4 eLove is patient and fkind; love gdoes not envy or boast; it his not arrogant 5 or rude. It idoes not insist on its own way; it jis not irritable or resentful;1 6 it kdoes not rejoice at wrongdoing, but lrejoices with the truth. 7 mLove bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, eendures all things.
