You come to help those who enjoy doing what is right. You help those who thank you for teaching them how to live. But when we continued to disobey you, you became angry with us. So how can we be saved?

你迎接那欢喜行义、记念你道的人；你曾发怒，我们仍犯罪；这景况已久，我们还能得救吗？

你迎见那欢喜行义、记念你道的人；看哪，你曾发怒，因我们犯了罪；这景况已久，我们还能得救吗？

你迎见那欢喜行义、记念你道的人；看哪，你曾发怒，因我们犯了罪；这景况已久，我们还能得救吗？

你眷顾乐于行义、遵行你旨意的人。我们不断地犯罪惹你发怒，我们怎能得救呢？

你善待那些喜欢行义，在你的道路上记念你的人。看哪！你曾发怒，因为我们犯了罪；这样的情形已经很久，我们还能得救吗？

你迎见那些欢喜行公义、在你的道路上记念你的人。看哪！你曾发怒，因为我们犯了罪；我们在罪中已经很久了，还能得救吗？

你迎接那歡喜行義、記念你道的人；你曾發怒，我們仍犯罪；這景況已久，我們還能得救嗎？

你迎見那歡喜行義、記念你道的人；看哪，你曾發怒，因我們犯了罪；這景況已久，我們還能得救嗎？

你迎見那歡喜行義、記念你道的人；看哪，你曾發怒，因我們犯了罪；這景況已久，我們還能得救嗎？

你眷顧樂於行義、遵行你旨意的人。我們不斷地犯罪惹你發怒，我們怎能得救呢？

你善待那些喜歡行義，在你的道路上記念你的人。看哪！你曾發怒，因為我們犯了罪；這樣的情形已經很久，我們還能得救嗎？

哦，巴不得你迎接那悔改而行義，在你的道路上懷念着你的人哦！看哪，你震怒了，我們仍然犯罪；這樣持之已久，我們還能得救麼？

你迎見那些歡喜行公義、在你的道路上記念你的人。看哪！你曾發怒，因為我們犯了罪；我們在罪中已經很久了，還能得救嗎？

樂於行義、恆念爾道者、爾迎接之、惟我干罪、致爾震怒、如是已久、尚能得救乎、

惟人樂於為善、恆念爾道、爾其善待之、我屢作惡、干爾震怒、焉能得救。

歡然為善、行主道並念主者、主以恩迎接之、惟我犯罪、故主震怒、如此之景象已久、我尚能得救乎、

You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember your ways. But when we continued to sin against them, you were angry. How then can we be saved?

You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?

You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. But you have been very angry with us, for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved?

You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember you in your ways. But we have sinned, and you were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in our sins for a long time; Yet shall we be saved?

You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned— In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved.

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved?

You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember You in Your ways. But we have sinned, and You were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness,[ those that] remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved?

You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?

Your anger destroys us. Your burning anger terrifies us.You have put our sins right in front of you. You have placed our secret sins where you can see them clearly.You have been angry with us all of our days. We groan as we come to the end of our lives.

“‘ Make an altar out of dirt for me. Sacrifice your burnt offerings and friendship offerings on it. Sacrifice your sheep, goats and cattle on it. I will come to you and bless you everywhere I cause my name to be honored.

“ I am the Lord. I do not change. That is why I have not destroyed you members of Jacob’s family.

Brothers and sisters, I don’t consider that I have taken hold of it yet. But here is the one thing I do. I forget what is behind me. I push hard toward what is ahead of me.I push myself forward toward the goal to win the prize. God has appointed me to win it. The heavenly prize is Christ Jesus himself.So all of us who are grown up in the faith should see things this way. Maybe you think differently about something. But God will make it clear to you.

Cornelius and all his family were faithful and worshiped God. He gave freely to people who were in need. He prayed to God regularly.One day about three o’clock in the afternoon he had a vision. He saw clearly an angel of God. The angel came to him and said,“ Cornelius!”Cornelius was afraid. He stared at the angel.“ What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered,“ Your prayers and gifts to poor people are like an offering to God. So he has remembered you.

The Lord says,“ Do what is fair and right. I will soon come and save you. Soon everyone will know that what I do is right.Blessed is the person who does what I want them to. They are faithful in keeping the Sabbath day. They do not misuse it. They do not do what is evil on that day.”Suppose an outsider wants to follow the Lord. Then that person shouldn’t say,“ The Lord won’t accept me as one of his people.” And a eunuch shouldn’t say,“ I’m like a dry tree that doesn’t bear any fruit.”The Lord says,“ Suppose some eunuchs keep my Sabbath days. They choose to do what pleases me. And they are faithful in keeping my covenant.Then I will set up a monument in the area of my temple. Their names will be written on it. That will be better for them than having sons and daughters. The names of the eunuchs will be remembered forever. They will never be forgotten.“ Suppose outsiders want to follow me and serve me. They want to love me and worship me. They keep the Sabbath day and do not misuse it. And they are faithful in keeping my covenant.Then I will bring them to my holy mountain of Zion. I will give them joy in my house. They can pray there. I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices on my altar. My house will be called a house where people from all nations can pray.”

All the Lord’ s ways are loving and faithful toward those who obey what his covenant commands.

Put the altar in front of the curtain that hangs in front of the ark. The ark is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The ark will have a cover. It will be the place where sin is paid for. There I will meet with you.

“ For all time to come, this burnt offering must be sacrificed regularly. Sacrifice it at the entrance to the tent of meeting in front of the Lord. There I will meet with you and speak to you.There I will also meet with the people of Israel. My glory will make the place holy.

But they refused to obey him. They made his Holy Spirit sad. So he turned against them and became their enemy. He himself fought against them.

Let’s recognize him as the Lord. Let’s keep trying to know him. You can be sure the sun will rise. And you can be just as sure the Lord will appear. He will come to renew us like the winter rains. He will be like the spring rains that water the earth.”

The Lord continues,“ People of Ephraim, how can I give you up? Israel, how can I hand you over to your enemies? Can I destroy you as I did the town of Admah? Can I treat you like Zeboyim? My heart is stirred inside me. It is filled with pity for you.

But the Lord’ s love for those who have respect for him lasts for ever and ever. Their children’s children will know that he always does what is right.

“ He accepts people from every nation. He accepts anyone who has respect for him and does what is right.

The ark is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. I will meet with you above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark. There I will give you all my commands for the Israelites.

Lord, we are living the way your laws command us to live. We are waiting for you to act. We want your honor and fame to be known.My heart longs for you at night. My spirit longs for you in the morning. You will come and judge the earth. Then the people of the world will learn to do what is right.

“ I have heard the groans of Ephraim’s people. They say,‘ You corrected us like a calf you were training. And we have been trained. Bring us back to you, and we will come back. You are the Lord our God.After we wandered away from you, we turned away from our sins. After we learned our lesson, we beat our chests in sorrow. We were full of shame. What we did when we were young brought dishonor on us.’Aren’t the people of Ephraim my dear children? Aren’t they the children I take delight in? I often speak against them. But I still remember them. So my heart longs for them. I love them with a tender love,” announces the Lord.

Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who have respect for the Lord. They find great delight when they obey God’s commands.

Find your delight in the Lord. Then he will give you everything your heart really wants.

So let us boldly approach God’s throne of grace. Then we will receive mercy. We will find grace to help us when we need it.