Alma

Thanksgiving for Yahweh’s Compassion

1 Bless Yahweh, O my soul,

and all within me, bless his holy name.

Longing for God

1 O God, you are my God;

I will seek you diligently.

My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you

as in a dry and weary land without water.

11 Why are you in despair,* O my soul?

And why are you disturbed within me?

Hope in God, because I shall again praise him,

my salvation* and my God.

Confidence in God’s Salvation

1 Only for God my soul waits in silence.

From him is my salvation.

5 I await Yahweh; my soul awaits,

and I wait* for his word.

23 My lips will sing for joy when I sing praises to you,

and my soul, which you have redeemed.

7 The law of Yahweh is perfect, reviving life.*

The testimony of Yahweh is firm, making wise the simple.

13 Indeed you created my inward parts;*

you wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you, because I am fearfully

and wonderfully made.*

Wonderful are your works,

and my soul knows it well.

2 "Deliver my life, O Yahweh, from lying lips,

from a deceitful tongue."

26 For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

37 And he said to him, " ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’*

28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

29 But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God and will find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.*

5 Only be very careful to observe the commandment and law that Moses Yahweh’s servant commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul."*

14 Look! I am about to die,* and you know in all your hearts* and souls* that not one thing failed* from all the good things that Yahweh your God promised concerning you; everything has been fulfilled;* not one thing failed.*

13 When you search for me, then you will find me, if you seek me with all your heart.

16 Thus says Yahweh: "Stand at the roads and look,

and ask for the ancient paths, where the way of the good is,

and walk in it, and find rest for your inner selves.*

But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’*

24 Pleasant sayings are a honeycomb,

sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.

2 Dear friend, I pray you may prosper concerning everything and be healthy, just as your soul prospers.