- Make your face shine on your servant;
save me in your steadfast love! - When I thought, “My foot slips,”
your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. - Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you. - He loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. - Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love. - And that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love.
For you will render to a man
according to his work. - What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar. - But I have trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
I will sing to the Lord,
because he has dealt bountifully with me. - Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
Make me know the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul. - The Lord is good,
a stronghold in the day of trouble;
he knows those who take refuge in him. - Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin! - “For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you. - The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. - For your steadfast love is great to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds. - Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness
will find life, righteousness, and honor. - For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. - Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
for they have been from of old.
Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for the sake of your goodness, O Lord! - Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,
for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! - As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever. - By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
and at night his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life. - Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands. - And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- But I will sing of your strength;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me a fortress
and a refuge in the day of my distress. - Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
for the remnant of his inheritance?
He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
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.And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.” Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.Next verse!With image