I rely on your constant love; I will be glad, because you will rescue me.

Sing, heavens! Shout for joy, earth! Let the mountains burst into song! The LORD will comfort his people; he will have pity on his suffering people.

the shouts of gladness and joy and the happy sounds of wedding feasts. You will hear people sing as they bring thank offerings to my Temple; they will say, 'Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, because he is good and his love is eternal.' I will make this land as prosperous as it was before. I, the LORD, have spoken."

Be merciful to me, O LORD! See the sufferings my enemies cause me! Rescue me from death, O LORD,

Consider my distress and suffering and forgive all my sins.

You have sent troubles and suffering on me, but you will restore my strength; you will keep me from the grave.

Look at my suffering, and save me, because I have not neglected your law.

"O God, our God, how great you are! How terrifying, how powerful! You faithfully keep your covenant promises. From the time when Assyrian kings oppressed us, even till now, how much we have suffered! Our kings, our leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors, and all our people have suffered. Remember how much we have suffered!

Remember that you made me from clay; are you going to crush me back to dust?

Until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees us.

Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look at us, and see our disgrace.

The righteous are guided and protected by the LORD, but the evil are on the way to their doom.

When I am ready to give up, he knows what I should do. In the path where I walk, my enemies have hidden a trap for me.

Yet God knows every step I take; if he tests me, he will find me pure.

When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you.

from all their suffering. It was not an angel, but the LORD himself who saved them. In his love and compassion he rescued them. He had always taken care of them in the past,

You are our father. Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob do not acknowledge us, but you, LORD, are our father, the one who has always rescued us.

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

What my Father has given me is greater than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father's care.

But the person who loves God is known by him.

But now that you know God---or, I should say, now that God knows you---how is it that you want to turn back to those weak and pitiful ruling spirits? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?

But the solid foundation that God has laid cannot be shaken; and on it are written these words: "The Lord knows those who are his" and "Those who say that they belong to the Lord must turn away from wrongdoing."