Psalm 138:2
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2 I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted your name and your word
above everything.[a](A)
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- 138.2 Cn: Heb you have exalted your word above all your name
Matthew 5:18
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18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter,[a] not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.(A)
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- 5.18 Gk one iota
Isaiah 42:21
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Israel’s Disobedience
21 The Lord was pleased, for the sake of his righteousness,
to magnify his teaching and make it glorious.(A)
Psalm 56:10
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10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
Matthew 24:35
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35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.(A)
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Psalm 5:7
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7 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
will enter your house;
I will bow down toward your holy temple
in awe of you.(A)
1 Kings 8:29-30
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29 that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may heed the prayer that your servant prays toward this place.(A) 30 Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place; O hear in heaven your dwelling place; hear and forgive.(B)
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Psalm 28:2
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2 Hear the voice of my supplication,
as I cry to you for help,
as I lift up my hands
toward your most holy sanctuary.[a](A)
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- 28.2 Heb your innermost sanctuary
Psalm 56:4
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4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I am not afraid;
what can flesh do to me?(A)
John 1:17
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17 The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(A)
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Psalm 89:1-2
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Psalm 89
God’s Covenant with David
A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord,[a] forever;
with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.(A)
2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever;
your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.(B)
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- 89.1 Gk: Heb the steadfast love of the Lord
Romans 15:8-9
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8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God in order that he might confirm the promises given to the ancestors(A) 9 and that the gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written,
“Therefore I will confess you among the gentiles
and sing praises to your name”;(B)
Psalm 36:5-6
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5 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains;
your judgments are like the great deep;
you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.(A)
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