Psalms 136:23

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.

“Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

For Yahweh your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.

Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.

For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but he knows the proud from afar.

Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh.

Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher.

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.

and in the wilderness where you have seen how that Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went, until you came to this place.”

Yahweh’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you.

When Yahweh raised up judges for them, then Yahweh was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for it grieved Yahweh because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.

They put away the foreign gods from among them and served Yahweh; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

His return was to Ramah, for his house was there; and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to Yahweh there.

and he said to the children of Israel, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’

For the whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, both him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for all, slave and free, and there was no helper for Israel.

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.

Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

Don’t hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us. Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need.

Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron.

For Yahweh will judge his people and have compassion on his servants.

He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?

It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

For if the trumpet gave an uncertain sound, who would prepare himself for war?

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,

and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

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

Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”

When they cast down, you will say, ‘be lifted up.’ He will save the humble person.

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

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

Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.

The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

For Yahweh has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “ ‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’ ”

My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

“How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is aroused.

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

“All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!”

to show mercy toward our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,

The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

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.

Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said, and Yahweh did to Sarah as he had spoken.

For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone; that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large.

therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, until it is all gone.

Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor perish forever.

God will bless us. All the ends of the earth shall fear him.

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.

At your rebuke they fled. At the voice of your thunder they hurried away.

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

He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap,

though these three men were in it, as I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They only would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

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.

This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.

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.

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.

set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.

Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.

He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.