The LORD is King, so let the nations shake with fear.

He sits as King above the Cherub angels, so let the whole earth shake.

The LORD in Zion is great! He is the great leader over all people.

Let all the nations praise your name. Your name is great and awesome. Your name is holy.

You are the powerful King who loves justice. You have made things right. You have brought goodness and fairness to Jacob.

Praise the LORD our God, and bow down before his footstool, for he is holy.

“Earth, don't hide the wrong things that were done to me. Don't let my begging for fairness be stopped. Even now there is someone in heaven who will speak for me. There is someone above who will testify for me. My friend speaks for me, while my eyes pour out tears to God. He speaks to God for me, like someone presenting an argument for a friend.” In only a few years I will go to that place of no return.

My children, our love should not be only words and talk. No, our love must be real. We must show our love by the things we do. That's how we know we belong to the way of truth. And when our hearts make us feel guilty, we can still have peace before God, because God is greater than our hearts. He knows everything. My dear friends, if we don't feel that we are doing wrong, we can be without fear when we come to God. And God gives us what we ask for. We receive it because we obey God's commands and do what pleases him. This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and that we love each other as he commanded. All who obey God's commands live in God. And God lives in them. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit he gave us.

Moses used to take a tent a short way outside the camp. He called it “the meeting tent.” Anyone who wanted to ask something from the LORD would go to the meeting tent outside the camp. Any time Moses went out to the tent, all the people watched him. They stood at the entrance of their tents and watched Moses until he entered the meeting tent. Whenever Moses went into the tent, the tall cloud would come down and stay at the entrance to the tent. And the Lord would speak with Moses. So when the people saw the cloud at the entrance of the tent, they would go to the entrance of their own tents and bow down to worship God. In this way the LORD spoke to Moses face to face like a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would go back to the camp, but his helper, Joshua son of Nun, always stayed in the tent.