Psalm 57:10
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10 For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens;
your faithfulness extends to the clouds.(A)
Psalm 103:11
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11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;(A)
Psalm 108:4
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4 For your steadfast love is higher than the heavens,
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.(A)
Psalm 36:5
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5 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalm 71:19
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19 and your righteousness, O God,
reach the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?(A)
Isaiah 54:7-10
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7 For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.(A)
8 In overflowing wrath for a moment
I hid my face from you,
but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,
says the Lord, your Redeemer.(B)
9 This is like the days of Noah to me:
Just as I swore that the waters of Noah
would never again go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
and will not rebuke you.(C)
10 For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.(D)
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
Psalm 85:10-11
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10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet;
righteousness and peace will kiss each other.(A)
11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground,
and righteousness will look down from the sky.
Hebrews 6:17-18
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17 In the same way, when God desired to show even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it by an oath,(A) 18 so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.(B)
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Genesis 9:9-17
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9 “As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you(A) 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark.[a](B) 11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”(C) 12 God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:(D) 13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.(E) 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.(F) 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”(G) 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
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- 9.10 Gk: Heb adds every animal of the earth
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