TSK · Zephaniah 2:3

Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

He replied,“While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought,‘Perhaps the LORD will show pity and the child will live.

Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the LORD! May you live forever!

You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, and resides in the protective shadow of the Sovereign One–

For the LORD takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.

He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

However, you must confess that you have done wrong, and that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree, and have not obeyed my commands,’ says the LORD.

Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.

I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the LORD, affirm it!”’”

You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the LORD.

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

The LORD says this to the family of Israel:“Seek me so you can live!

Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”

“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.