A Contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.

For I have said, "Mercy shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens."

For the LORD [is] good; His mercy [is] everlasting, And His truth [endures] to all generations.

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for [He is] good! For His mercy [endures] forever.

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for [He is] good! For His mercy [endures] forever.

Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy [endures] forever:

To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, For His mercy [endures] forever;

To Him who made great lights, For His mercy [endures] forever --

The moon and stars to rule by night, For His mercy [endures] forever.

And brought out Israel from among them, For His mercy [endures] forever;

To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, For His mercy [endures] forever;

But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His mercy [endures] forever;

To Him who struck down great kings, For His mercy [endures] forever;

Sihon king of the Amorites, For His mercy [endures] forever;

And gave their land as a heritage, For His mercy [endures] forever;

Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy [endures] forever;

Who gives food to all flesh, For His mercy [endures] forever.

The LORD has appeared of old to me, [saying:] "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to [His] purpose.

Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

and raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus,

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,

to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

who has saved us and called [us] with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done [this.]

I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off; My salvation shall not linger. And I will place salvation in Zion, For Israel My glory.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished.

" Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.

O My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, From Acacia Grove to Gilgal, That you may know the righteousness of the LORD."

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

whom God set forth [as] a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,

Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

Let Your work appear to Your servants, And Your glory to their children.

but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

"The LORD delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as [it is] this day.

" But you, Israel, [are] My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.

"Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, 'The two families which the LORD has chosen, He has also cast them off'? Thus they have despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them.

'then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his descendants [to be] rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.' "

"And we declare to you glad tidings -- that promise which was made to the fathers.

"And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus: 'I will give you the sure mercies of David.'

Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] to the fathers,