2 Samuel 22:20

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.

“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me.

For the Lord Yahweh will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed.

Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

He brought me out also into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness,

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”

to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

I will tell of the decree: Yahweh said to me, “You are my son. Today I have become your father.

In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.

In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.

Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.

Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.

A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’

He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.’ ”

Only Yahweh had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.

How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?

Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”

but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you;’ behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”

You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May Yahweh be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”

It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father and has learned, comes to me.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Father, glorify your name!” Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

They told him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.

Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”

For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.

If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey.

Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.

“He trusts in Yahweh. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”

Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, he saves them out of their distresses.

He left that place, and dug another well. They didn’t argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, “For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.

For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.

Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.