- Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually. - Seek the Lord and his strength,
seek his presence continually. - He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. - The Lord is just in all his ways,
and kind in all his doings. - May the Lord give strength to his people!
May the Lord bless his people with peace! - Surely the Lord God does nothing,
without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets. - I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death.
- O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name,
make known his deeds among the peoples. - And you will say in that day:
Give thanks to the Lord,
call on his name;
make known his deeds among the nations;
proclaim that his name is exalted. - I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth. - And keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn.
- When Jesus had received the wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
- By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life. - For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
- Now John wore clothing of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
- For his anger is but for a moment;
his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night,
but joy comes with the morning. - O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
- Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds —
his name is the Lord—
be exultant before him.
Father of orphans and protector of widows
is God in his holy habitation. - The Rock, his work is perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God, without deceit,
just and upright is he. - In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
- But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children's children,
to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments. - In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears. - I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope. - Who builds his upper chambers in the heavens,
and founds his vault upon the earth;
who calls for the waters of the sea,
and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
the Lord is his name. - In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit.