and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his steadfast love and his faithfulness toward my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the way to the house of my master’s kin.”

I am not worthy of the least of all the steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

He said, ‘I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom there is no faithfulness.

“Now, therefore, revere the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt and serve the Lord.

The Lord rewards everyone for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the Lord gave you into my hand today, but I would not raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed.

Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you! And I, too, will reward you because you have done this thing.

You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us while I go wherever I can? Go back, and take your kinsfolk with you, and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you.”

Then the Lord will establish his word that he spoke concerning me: ‘If your heirs take heed to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you a successor on the throne of Israel.’

And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you, and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.

“Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.

He charged them, “This is how you shall act: in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart;

Sennacherib’s Invasion

After these things and these acts of faithfulness, King Sennacherib of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself.

All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.

For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.

“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.

Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.

I have not hidden your saving help within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.

Do not, O Lord, withhold your mercy from me; let your steadfast love and your faithfulness keep me safe forever.

He will repay my enemies for their evil. In your faithfulness, put an end to them.

He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame those who trample on me. Selah God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness.

For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens; your faithfulness extends to the clouds.

May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.