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Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love,
    for they have been from of old.(A)

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Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,(A)
    for they are from of old.

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17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
    on those who fear him,
    and his righteousness to children’s children,

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17 But from everlasting to everlasting
    the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
    and his righteousness with their children’s children(A)

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12 Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.(A)

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12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves(A) with compassion, kindness, humility,(B) gentleness and patience.(C)

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50 indeed, his mercy is for those who fear him
    from generation to generation.(A)

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50 His mercy extends to those who fear him,
    from generation to generation.(A)

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78 Because of the tender mercy of our God,
    the dawn from on high will break[a] upon[b] us,

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Footnotes

  1. 1.78 Other ancient authorities read has broken
  2. 1.78 Gk will visit

78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun(A) will come to us from heaven

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Paul’s Thanksgiving after Affliction

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,(A)

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Praise to the God of All Comfort

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

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God’s Compassion and Steadfast Love

18 Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity
    and passing over the transgression
    of the remnant of his possession?
He does not retain his anger forever
    because he delights in showing steadfast love.(A)
19 He will again have compassion upon us;
    he will tread our iniquities under foot.
You will cast all our[a] sins
    into the depths of the sea.(B)
20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob
    and steadfast love to Abraham,
as you have sworn to our ancestors
    from the days of old.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb their

18 Who is a God(A) like you,
    who pardons sin(B) and forgives(C) the transgression
    of the remnant(D) of his inheritance?(E)
You do not stay angry(F) forever
    but delight to show mercy.(G)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
    you will tread our sins underfoot
    and hurl all our iniquities(H) into the depths of the sea.(I)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
    and show love to Abraham,(J)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(K)
    in days long ago.(L)

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11 the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing as they bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord:

“Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
    for the Lord is good,
    for his steadfast love endures forever!”

For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.(A)

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11 the sounds of joy and gladness,(A) the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings(B) to the house of the Lord, saying,

“Give thanks to the Lord Almighty,
    for the Lord is good;(C)
    his love endures forever.”(D)

For I will restore the fortunes(E) of the land as they were before,(F)’ says the Lord.

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A Prayer of Penitence

15 Look down from heaven and see,
    from your holy and glorious habitation.
Where are your zeal and your might?
    Your great pity and your compassion are withheld from me.(A)

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15 Look down from heaven(A) and see,
    from your lofty throne,(B) holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal(C) and your might?
    Your tenderness and compassion(D) are withheld(E) from us.

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He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness
    to the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
    the victory of our God.(A)

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He has remembered(A) his love
    and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earth(B) have seen
    the salvation of our God.(C)

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17 How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?(A)

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17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(A) how can the love of God be in that person?(B)

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For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the tender affection of Christ Jesus.(A)

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God can testify(A) how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

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71     that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.
72 Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors
    and has remembered his holy covenant,(A)

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71 salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
72 to show mercy to our ancestors(A)
    and to remember his holy covenant,(B)

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