For the Lord loveth judgment and forsaketh not his saints; they are
preserved forever.... The wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh
to slay him. The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him
when he is judged.... Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright;
for the end of that man is peace. (Ps. 37 : 28, 32, 33, 37.)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the
ungodly.... Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (Ps. 1 : 1, 3.)
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. (Gen.
39 : 2.)
So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. (Job
42 : 12.)
Worldly Misery and Destitution the Lot of the Godly.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain
with the sword; they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins;
being destitute, afflicted, tormented; ... they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. (Heb. 11 :
37, 38.)