Mary's Song of Praise: The Magnificat

⁴⁶ And Mary said,

David's Prayer of Gratitude

¹⁸ Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, ^(A)“Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

^23 (A)And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name ^(B)and doing for them^[a] great and awesome things by driving out before your people,^[b] whom ^(C)you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods? ^24 (D)And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O Lord, became their God. ²⁵ And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken. ²⁶ And your name will be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you. ²⁷ For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. ²⁸ And now, O Lord God, you are God, and ^(E)your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. ²⁹ Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, ^(F)and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.”

⁶ just as ^(A)Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

⁷ Know then that it is ^(B)those of faith who are ^(C)the sons of Abraham. ⁸ And the Scripture, foreseeing that ^(D)God would justify^[a] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ^(E)“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” ⁹ So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

¹⁰ For all who rely on works of the law are ^(F)under a curse; for it is written, ^(G)“Cursed be everyone who does not ^(H)abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” ¹¹ Now it is evident that ^(I)no one is justified before God by the law, for ^(J)“The righteous shall live by faith.”^{[b] 12} But the law is not of faith, rather ^(K)“The one who does them shall live by them.” ¹³ Christ ^(L)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, ^(M)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged ^(N)on a tree”— ¹⁴ so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might ^(O)come to the Gentiles, so that ^(P)we might receive ^(Q)the promised Spirit^[c] through faith.