Someone who serves the Lord will be happy
1Praise the Lord.
Someone who serves the Lord
and loves doing what He says will be happy.
2His children will be
important people in the land.
The Lord will bless
the descendants of righteous people.
3They will be rich and have a lot of things
and they will always do
what is right for other people.
4They are like lights shining in the dark
for people who live honestly.
They are righteous and they
feel sorry for people who suffer
and help them.
5God will be good to someone
who has mercy on poor people
and lends them money.
God is good to someone who is honest
when he buys and sells things.
6Because people who are righteous
will never be defeated,
and people will always remember them.
7They are not afraid to get bad news
because they trust in the Lord to help them.
8They are not worried and they don't fear
because they know that
they will defeat their enemies.
9They give a lot of things to poor people,
and they always do what is right.
People will respect them and
God will honour them.
10When sinful people see it,
they will become angry.
They will bite hard on their teeth,
but they will disappear.
The things that bad people want
will not happen.
