I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,
Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law.
But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.”
For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees;
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
Be gracious to me, O Lord! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.
“Now, therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day.
the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord: “‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!’ For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.
But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.
Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.
Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us; look, and see our disgrace!
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