"For the LORDyour Godis a compassionateGod;He will not failyou nordestroyyou norforgetthe covenantwith your fatherswhichHe sworeto them.
Then Davidsaidto his sonSolomon,"Be strongand courageous,and act;do not fearnorbe dismayed,for the LORDGod,my God,is with you. He will not failyou norforsakeyou untilallthe workfor the serviceof the houseof the LORDis finished.
"For if you returnto the LORD,your brothersand your sons[will find] compassionbeforethose who ledthem captiveand will returnto thisland.For the LORDyour Godis graciousand compassionate,and will not turn[His] faceawayfrom you ifyou returnto Him."
I said,"I beseechYou, O LORDGodof heaven,the greatand awesomeGod,who preservesthe covenantand lovingkindnessfor those who loveHim and keepHis commandments,
"Nevertheless, in Your greatcompassionYou did not makean endof them or forsakethem, For You are a graciousand compassionateGod.
The LORDis compassionateand gracious,Slowto angerand aboundingin lovingkindness.
He has rememberedHis covenantforever,The wordwhich He commandedto a thousandgenerations,
He has madeHis wondersto be remembered;The LORDis graciousand compassionate.
He has givenfoodto those who fearHim; He will rememberHis covenantforever.
He has sentredemptionto His people;He has ordainedHis covenantforever;Holyand awesomeis His name.
Graciousis the LORD,and righteous;Yes, our Godis compassionate.
But You, O Lord,are a Godmercifuland gracious,Slowto angerand abundantin lovingkindnessand truth.
For You, Lord,are good,and readyto forgive,And abundantin lovingkindnessto allwho callupon You.
I will bringyou to the landwhichI sworeto giveto Abraham,Isaac,and Jacob,and I will giveit to you [for] a possession;I am the LORD.'"
Do not despise[us], for Your own name'ssake;Do not disgracethe throneof Your glory;Remember[and] do not annulYour covenantwith us.
For I am with you,' declaresthe LORD,'to saveyou; For I will destroycompletelyallthe nationswhereI have scatteredyou, OnlyI will not destroyyou completely.But I will chastenyou justlyAnd will by nomeansleaveyou unpunished.'
then I will rememberMy covenantwith Jacob,and I will rememberalsoMy covenantwith Isaac,and My covenantwith Abrahamas well,and I will rememberthe land.
Yet in spiteof this,when they are in the landof their enemies,I will not rejectthem, norwill I so abhorthem as to destroythem, breakingMy covenantwith them; for I am the LORDtheir God.
But I will rememberfor them the covenantwith their ancestors,whomI broughtout of the landof Egyptin the sightof the nations,that I might be their God.I am the LORD.'"
He prayedto the LORDand said,"PleaseLORD,was not thiswhatI saidwhileI was stillin my [own] country?Thereforein order to forestallthis I fledto Tarshish,for I knewthat You are a graciousand compassionateGod,slowto angerand abundantin lovingkindness,and one who relentsconcerningcalamity.
Whois a GodlikeYou, who pardonsiniquityAnd passesoverthe rebelliousactof the remnantof His possession?He does not retainHis angerforever,BecauseHe delightsin unchanginglove.
The LORDis slowto angerand abundantin lovingkindness,forgivinginiquityand transgression;but He will by nomeansclear[the guilty], visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the childrento the thirdand the fourth[generations].'
To showmercytowardour fathers,And to rememberHis holycovenant,
"Be strongand courageous,do not be afraidor trembleat them, for the LORDyour Godis the one who goeswith you. He will not failyou or forsakeyou."
"The LORDis the one who goesaheadof you; He will be with you. He will not failyou or forsakeyou. Do not fearor be dismayed."
[Make sure that] your characteris free from the love of money,being contentwith what you have;for He Himselfhas said,"I WILL NEVERDESERTYOU, NORWILL I EVERFORSAKEYOU,"
"Nomanwill [be able to] standbeforeyou allthe daysof your life.Justas I have beenwith Moses,I will be with you; I will not failyou or forsakeyou.
