But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.

Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men."

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.