- Be still and acknowledge that I am God,
exalted among the nations,
exalted on the earth. - This is how we can be certain
that we abide in him
and that he abides in us:
he has given us a share in his Spirit. - Before the mountains were brought forth
or the earth and the world came into existence,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God. - We know that God makes all things work together for good for those who love him and who are called according to his purpose.
- Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways!
- This is the message
that we have heard from him
and that we declare to you:
God is light,
and there is no darkness at all in him. - And eternal life is this:
to know you,
the only true God,
and the one you have sent,
Jesus Christ. - Indeed, who is God except the Lord?
Who is the Rock besides our God? - You shall observe my commandments and obey them. I am the Lord.
- The powerful suffer want and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord want for no good thing. - As a deer longs for running streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God. - To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Jesus replied,
“This is the work of God:
to believe in the one whom he has sent.” - But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
on those who trust in his kindness. - And every tongue should proclaim
to the glory of God the Father:
Jesus Christ is Lord. - But you, O Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures from age to age. - Can someone hide in a secret place
so that I cannot see him?
Do I not fill heaven and earth? - All those who keep his commandments abide in him,
and he abides in them.
And the proof that he abides in us
is the Spirit that he has given us. - Finally, find your strength in the Lord and in his mighty power.
- I am the Lord, your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You know no God but me,
nor any savior other than me. - Beloved,
since God loved us so much,
we should love one another. - What then can we say in response to all this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. - No, throughout all these things we are conquerors because of him who loved us.
- Hear, O Israel, the Lord, our God, is Lord alone. You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
God is not human, that he should lie,
or the son of man, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act,
does he promise and then not fulfill it?I will not leave you orphans;
I will come to you.