Friends of God
1. O God, who of us may approach
the summit of your mountain strong?
Who may come, invited to your presence there?
2. Only those who live their lives devoid of blame,
who do what’s right,
and from whose hearts truth is the only word;
3. Whose mouths are free from hateful words
and hands from wrong,
who treat their neighbors as their own, their kind;
4. Who do not give a place of honor to the evil one,
but only to the friends of God.
5. Whose promise is as good as any word they ever give,
even in the face of loss or gain.
6. They give and give, and ever give again,
without hope of getting in return,
and never take a bribe or speak against the innocent.
7. All these shall come at last to you,
all these, secure and overcomers, all!
All these are ever yours;
they’re proven true as your own friends.
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