The Lord will fulfill that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; forsake not the works of Your hands.
Is it good for You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands and smile on the counsel of the wicked?
“Your hands have shaped me and made me completely, yet You destroy me.
You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.
Know that the Lord, He is God! It is He who has made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
For the Lord is good; His mercy endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations.
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children’s children,
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.
I will cry out to God Most High, to God who performs all things for me.
He will send from heaven and save me; He will reproach him who tramples on me. Selah God will send forth His mercy and His truth.
Lord, You will ordain peace for us, for You also have done all our works for us.
I will bring the blind by a way that they did not know; I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight. These things I will do for them and not forsake them.
This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.
Every branch in Me that bears no fruit, He takes away. And every branch that bears fruit, He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, how much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by His life!
I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it.
So then, let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are sanctified and called by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ: