For as many as are  ¹led by the  ²Spirit of God, these are  ³sons of God.

For you have not received a spirit of slavery bringing you into fear again, but you have received a  ¹spirit of sonship in which we cry,  ²Abba, Father!

The Spirit Himself witnesses  ¹with  ²our spirit that  ³we are children of God.

And if children, heirs also; on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other, joint heirs with Christ,  ¹if indeed we suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him.

For I  ¹consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed  ²upon us.

For the  ¹anxious watching of the creation eagerly awaits the  ²revelation of the sons of God.

For the creation was made subject to vanity, not of its own will, but because of Him who subjected it,

In hope that the creation itself will also be  ¹freed from the slavery of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.

And not only so, but we ourselves also, who have  ¹the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves  ²groan in ourselves, eagerly awaiting  ³sonship, the redemption of our body.

For we were saved in hope. But a hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly await it through endurance.

Moreover,  ¹in like manner the Spirit also joins in to help us in our  ²weakness, for we do not know for what we should pray as is fitting, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

But He who searches the hearts knows what the  ¹mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints  ²according to God.

And we know that  ¹all things  ²work together for  ³good to those who  ⁴love God, to those who are called according to His  ⁵purpose.

Because those whom He  ¹foreknew, He also  ²predestinated to be  ³conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the  ⁴Firstborn among  ⁵many brothers;

And those whom He predestinated, these He also called; and those whom He called, these He also  ¹justified; and those whom He justified, these He also  ²glorified.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Indeed, He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things?

Who shall bring a charge against God's chosen ones?  ¹It is God who justifies.

Who is he who condemns?  ¹It is Christ Jesus who died and, rather, who was raised, who is also  ²at the right hand of God, who also  ³intercedes for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?

As it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; we have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.”

But in all these things we  ¹more than conquer through Him who loved us.

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor things present nor things to come nor powers

Nor height nor depth nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the  ¹love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

To the choir director. A Psalm of David

In You, O Jehovah, do I take refuge;
Never let me be put to shame.
 ¹Rescue me in Your righteousness.

Incline Your ear to me;
Deliver me speedily.
Be to me a  ¹rock of protection,
A fortress, to save me.

For You are my crag and my fortress;
Therefore for Your name's sake
Lead me and guide me.

Bring me out of the net
That they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my protection.

 ¹Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
Redeem me, O Jehovah, God of truth.

I hate those who regard  ¹vanities of falsehood,
But I trust in Jehovah.

I will exult and rejoice in Your lovingkindness,
Since You have seen my affliction;
You know the distress of my soul.

And You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;
You have made my feet stand in a place broad and free.

Be gracious to me, O Jehovah, for I am in  ¹distress.
My eye is wasted away with grief,
Indeed my soul and body.

For my life has been consumed in sorrow,
And my years, in sighing.
My strength fails because of my iniquity,
And my bones have wasted away.

Because of all my adversaries,
I have become a reproach,
And especially so to my neighbors,
And something dreaded to my acquaintances;
Those who see me on the street flee from me.

I am forgotten, like a dead man out of mind;
I am like a destroyed vessel.

For I hear the slander of many;
Terror is on every side.
When they take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take my life.

But I trust in You, O Jehovah;
I say, You are my God.

My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Cause Your face to shine upon Your servant;
Save me in Your lovingkindness.

O Jehovah, do not let me be put to shame when I call out to You;
Let the wicked be put to shame; let them be silent in Sheol.

Let the lips of falsehood be made dumb,
Which speak arrogantly against the righteous
With pride and contempt.

How great is Your goodness,
Which You have stored up for those who fear You,
Which You have accomplished in the sight of the sons of men
For those who take refuge in You!

You hide them in the hiding place of Your presence
Apart from the conspiracies of men;
You lay them away secretly in a shelter
Apart from the contention of tongues.

Blessed be Jehovah,
For He displayed His lovingkindness wondrously
To me in a fortified city.

I, on my part, had said in my alarm,
I am cut off before Your eyes;
But instead You heard
The voice of my supplications
When I cried out to You.

Love Jehovah, all you who are His faithful ones;
Jehovah guards the trustworthy,
And recompenses abundantly
Him who acts haughtily.

Be strong, and let your heart be encouraged,
All you who  ¹hope in Jehovah.

Of David. A  ¹Maschil

 ¹Blessed is he whose transgression is  ²forgiven;
Whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man to whom
Jehovah does not impute iniquity
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

When I kept silent, my bones wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.

For day and night Your hand
Was heavy upon me;
My life sap was dried up
As in the drought of summer. Selah

I acknowledged my sin to You,
And I did not cover my iniquity.
I said, I will confess my transgressions to Jehovah.
Then You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

Because of this let everyone who is faithful
Pray to You at a time when You may be found;
Surely when great waters overflow,
They will not reach him.

You are my hiding place;
You preserve me from trouble;
You surround me with the ringing shouts of deliverance. Selah

I will instruct you and teach you concerning the way you should go;
I will counsel you; my eye is upon you.

Do not be like a horse or like a mule, without understanding;
Whose trappings consist of bit and bridle to restrain them,
Else they do not come near you.

Many are the sorrows that the wicked have;
But he who trusts in Jehovah is encompassed by lovingkindness.

Rejoice in Jehovah and exult, O  ¹righteous ones;
And give a ringing shout, all you who are  ¹upright in heart.

Rejoice in Jehovah, O righteous ones.
Praise is becoming to the upright.

Give thanks to Jehovah with the lyre;
With the harp of ten strings sing psalms to Him.

Sing Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a joyous shout.

For the word of Jehovah is right,
And all His work is done in faithfulness.

He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the lovingkindness of Jehovah.

By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made,
And all their host, by the breath of His mouth.

He gathers the water of the sea like a heap;
He puts the deep waters into storage places.

Let all the earth fear Jehovah;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

For He spoke, and it was;
He commanded, and it stood.

Jehovah brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He frustrates the intentions of the peoples.

The counsel of Jehovah stands forever;
The intentions of His heart stand from generation to generation.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah,
The people whom He has chosen as His own possession.

Jehovah looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.

From the site of His habitation He gazes
At all the inhabitants of the earth,

He who fashions the hearts of them all,
He who discerns all their works.

No king is saved by a great army;
A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

A horse is a vain thing for salvation,
And it cannot deliver by its great power.

Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon those who fear Him,
Upon those who  ¹hope in His lovingkindness,

To deliver their soul from death
And to preserve them alive in famine.

Our soul waits on Jehovah;
He is our help and our shield;

For in Him our heart rejoices,
Because in His holy name we trust.

May Your lovingkindness, O Jehovah, be upon us,
Even as we have hoped in You.