He has helped his servant Israel and remembered to be merciful.
God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God will protect it.
He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel. The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
“Pay attention, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I, the Lord, made you, and I will not forget you.
“Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?” says the Lord. “I often have to punish him, but I still love him. That’s why I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.
Long ago the Lord said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.
You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.
He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with empty hands.
For he made this promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children forever.”