Psalms 119:49

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

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

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

They rose up in the morning early and worshiped Yahweh, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.

You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

Your watchmen lift up their voice. Together they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when Yahweh returns to Zion.

‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’ ”

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’ ” ’

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

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

Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

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

Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.

His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They can’t bark— dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

When God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

So Yahweh turned away from the evil which he said he would do to his people.

When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,

Then Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your children are careful of their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,’ he said, ‘a man on the throne of Israel.’

Yahweh, in the morning you will hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

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.

Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.

Remember how short my time is, for what vanity you have created all the children of men!

He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

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

My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail.

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.

“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, “I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give the land you lie on to you and to your offspring.

God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.

I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’ ”

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”

Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

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

But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.

Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.

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

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

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope.

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.

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

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 take hold of the hope set before us.

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

Now, Yahweh, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.

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

Fulfill your promise to your servant, that you may be feared.

Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.

My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Yahweh, who said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will do you good,’

In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. Yahweh said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’ ”

“Now therefore, God of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

“Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples;

Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye will no more see good.

Let your loving kindness be on us, Yahweh, since we have hoped in you.

Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant.

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

So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.

Don’t snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, for I put my hope in your ordinances.

I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.

I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.