12. Do you love life and want to see many good days?
13. Then keep your tongues from speaking evil. Keep your lips from telling lies.
14. Turn away from evil, and do good. Look for peace, and go after it.
15. The Lord looks with favor on those who are godly. His ears are open to their cry.
16. The Lord doesn't look with favor on those who do evil. He removes all memory of them from the earth.
17. Godly people cry out, and the Lord hears them. He saves them from all of their troubles.
18. The Lord is close to those whose hearts have been broken. He saves those whose spirits have been crushed.
19. Anyone who does what is right may have many troubles. But the Lord saves him from all of them.
20. The Lord watches over all of his bones. Not one of them will be broken.
21. Sinners will be killed by their own evil. The enemies of godly people will be judged.