7. You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. And do not turn away from him, lest you fall.
8. You who fear the Lord, believe in him. And your reward will not be taken away.
9. You who fear the Lord, hope in him. And mercy will approach you, to your delight.
10. You who fear the Lord, love him. And your hearts will be illuminated.
11. My sons, consider the nations of men, and know that not one of them hoped in the Lord and was confounded.
12. For who has remained in his commandment and been abandoned? Or who has called upon him, and yet he despised him?
13. For God is upright and merciful, and he will forgive sins in the day of tribulation. And he is the Protector to all those who seek him in truth.
14. Woe to the duplicitous heart, and to the wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner who walks the earth by two ways!
15. Woe to the dissolute in heart, who do not trust God! For, as a result, they will not be protected by him.
16. Woe to those who have lost endurance, and who have abandoned upright ways, and who have turned aside to depraved ways!