Rise up, O Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.
you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!
But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
He answered: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'