Psalms 119:41

and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

All the multitudes that came together to see this, when they saw the things that were done, returned home beating their breasts.

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.

Blessed are you, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.

I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

Remember me, Yahweh, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation,

He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name’s sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.

Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

He said, “Peace be to you. Don’t be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your money.” He brought Simeon out to them.

Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.”

Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

Yahweh, remember your tender mercies and your loving kindness, for they are from old times.

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.

I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.

I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

Let my supplication come before you. Deliver me according to your word.

I lift up my eyes to you, you who sit in the heavens.

Israel, hope in Yahweh, for there is loving kindness with Yahweh. Abundant redemption is with him.

When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

My God, turn your ear, and hear. Open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name; for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake.

Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.

Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”

For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

May God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a company of peoples,

But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”

He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let me fall, I pray, into Yahweh’s hand; for his mercies are very great. Don’t let me fall into man’s hand.”

Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.

and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to Yahweh my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.

Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

Show us your loving kindness, Yahweh. Grant us your salvation.

Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains, for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

for my eyes have seen your salvation,

But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Deal with your servant according to your loving kindness. Teach me your statutes.