² For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.

⁵ Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness `reacheth' unto the skies.

¹⁷ But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;

¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:

⁶ to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

⁷ in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,

⁵⁰ And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

³⁵ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

⁶ Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;

⁸⁹ For ever, O Jehovah, Thy word is settled in heaven.

³⁷ It shall be established for ever as the moon, And `as' the faithful witness in the sky. Selah

⁵ And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Jehovah; Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

¹ As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

³¹ Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

¹⁷ and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

⁵ and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments:

¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?