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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

Lord heard him; He saved him out of all his troub les. The an gel
of the Lord en camps around those who fear Him, and He de liv -
ers them... the Lord is good; bless ed is the man who takes ref uge
in Him. Fear the Lord... for those who fear Him lack noth ing.
The li ons may grow weak and hun gry, but those who seek the
Lord lack no good thing. Come, my chil dren, lis ten to me; I will
teach you the fear of the Lord. Whoever of you loves life and de -
sires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and
your lips from speak ing lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek
peace and pur sue it. The eyes of the Lord are on the right eous and
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His ears lis ten to their cry. Lord is against those who do evil, to
cut off the mem o ry of them from the earth. The right eous cry out,
and the Lord hears them; He de liv ers them from all their troub -
les... Evil will slay the wick ed; the foes of the right eous will be
con demned. The Lord re deems His ser vants; no one will be con -
demned who takes ref uge in Him. (Psalms, 34:1-22)

My soul will re joice in the Lord and de light in his sal va tion. My
whole be ing will ex claim, "Who is like You, O Lord? You res cue
the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from
those who rob them."... I will give You thanks in the great as -
sem bly; among throngs of peo ple I will praise You... They do
not speak peace a bly, but de vise false ac cu sa tions against those
who live qui et ly in the land. (Psalms, 35:9-20)

The sin of the evil-do er says in his heart, there is no fear of God
be fore his eyes. For in his own eyes he flat ters him self too much
to de tect or hate his sin. The words of his mouth are wick ed and
de ceit ful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good. Even on his
bed he plots evil; he com mits him self to a sin ful course and does
not re ject what is wrong. Your love, O Lord, reach es to the heav -

16. A description by way of simile of the grace of Allah, His protection of believers.

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