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    How precious is your unfailing love, O God!
All humanity finds shelter
    in the shadow of your wings.

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See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.

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O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive,
    so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help.

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He will cover you with his feathers.
    He will shelter you with his wings.
    His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

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12 May the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully for what you have done.”

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God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

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17 How precious are your thoughts about me,[a] O God.
    They cannot be numbered!

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Footnotes

  1. 139:17 Or How precious to me are your thoughts.

19 How great is the goodness
    you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection,
    blessing them before the watching world.

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The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out,

“Yahweh![a] The Lord!
    The God of compassion and mercy!
I am slow to anger
    and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.

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Footnotes

  1. 34:6 See note on 34:5.

16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Or For God loved the world so much that he gave.

15 But you, O Lord,
    are a God of compassion and mercy,
slow to get angry
    and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.

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Guard me as you would guard your own eyes.[a]
    Hide me in the shadow of your wings.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:8 Hebrew as the pupil of your eye.

Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness;
    they will sing with joy about your righteousness.

The Lord is merciful and compassionate,
    slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

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Because you are my helper,
    I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.

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And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.

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As the Scriptures say,

“I am placing a cornerstone in Jerusalem,[a]
    chosen for great honor,
and anyone who trusts in him
    will never be disgraced.”[b]

Yes, you who trust him recognize the honor God has given him.[c] But for those who reject him,

“The stone that the builders rejected
    has now become the cornerstone.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6a Greek in Zion.
  2. 2:6b Isa 28:16 (Greek version).
  3. 2:7a Or Yes, for you who believe, there is honor.
  4. 2:7b Ps 118:22.

Psalm 57

For the choir director: A psalm[a] of David, regarding the time he fled from Saul and went into the cave. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!
    I look to you for protection.
I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings
    until the danger passes by.

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Footnotes

  1. 57:Title Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term.

34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me.

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