For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the Lord!
Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of fire as we have, and has still lived?
He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and the shout of a king is among them.
For from the top of the crags I see him, from the hills I behold him; behold, a people dwelling alone, and not counting itself among the nations!
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