- But I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
you know no God but me,
and besides me there is no savior. - Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
- Our God is in the heavens;
he does all that he pleases. - Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.
- So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
- Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
- And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
- These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
- Behold, God is my helper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life. - To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
- For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation. - God shall bless us;
let all the ends of the earth fear him! - Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called sons of God. - Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God. - For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,
for my hope is from him. - Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
forget not the afflicted. - God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble. - But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
- I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart. - Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried. - O God, you are my God;
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land
where there is no water. - Now an intermediary implies more than one, but God is one.
- Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!