Malachi 3:14-16

Common English Bible

¹⁴You said,
    “Serving God is useless.
    What do we gain by keeping his obligation
            or by walking around as mourners
            before the Lord of heavenly forces?
¹⁵So now we consider the arrogant fortunate.
        Moreover, those doing evil are built up;
            they test God and escape.”

The scroll of remembrance

¹⁶Then those revering the Lord,
    each and every one, spoke among themselves.
        The Lord paid attention and listened to them.
Then a scroll of remembrance was written before the Lord
        about those revering the Lord,
            the ones meditating on his name.