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45 He remembered his covenant with them
    and relented because of his unfailing love.

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He always stands by his covenant—
    the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

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16 Answer my prayers, O Lord,
    for your unfailing love is wonderful.
Take care of me,
    for your mercy is so plentiful.

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23 But the Lord was gracious and merciful to the people of Israel, and they were not totally destroyed. He pitied them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day he still has not completely destroyed them or banished them from his presence.

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18 Whenever the Lord raised up a judge over Israel, he was with that judge and rescued the people from their enemies throughout the judge’s lifetime. For the Lord took pity on his people, who were burdened by oppression and suffering.

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71 Now we will be saved from our enemies
    and from all who hate us.
72 He has been merciful to our ancestors
    by remembering his sacred covenant—

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32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion
    because of the greatness of his unfailing love.

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Praise for Deliverance

I will tell of the Lord’s unfailing love.
    I will praise the Lord for all he has done.
I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel,
    which he has granted according to his mercy and love.

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13 O Lord, come back to us!
    How long will you delay?
    Take pity on your servants!

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Psalm 51

For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.

Have mercy on me, O God,
    because of your unfailing love.
Because of your great compassion,
    blot out the stain of my sins.

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40 “But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me. 41 When I have turned their hostility back on them and brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their stubborn hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins. 42 Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

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14 So the Lord changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.

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Then the Lord relented from this plan, too. “I will not do that either,” said the Sovereign Lord.

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So the Lord relented from this plan. “I will not do it,” he said.

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“Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?
    How can I let you go?
How can I destroy you like Admah
    or demolish you like Zeboiim?
My heart is torn within me,
    and my compassion overflows.

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14 For the Lord will give justice to his people
    and have compassion on his servants.

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16 But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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36 “Indeed, the Lord will give justice to his people,
    and he will change his mind about[a] his servants,
when he sees their strength is gone
    and no one is left, slave or free.

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Footnotes

  1. 32:36 Or will take revenge for.

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