Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to {his} purpose.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

But the mercy of the LORD {is} from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

For the law was given by Moses, {but} grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}

(For not the hearers of the law {are} just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

O LORD, thou {art} my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful {things; thy} counsels of old {are} faithfulness {and} truth.

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

When thou passest through the waters, I {will be} with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Justice and judgment {are} the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. {habitation: or, establishment}

Follow peace with all {men}, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

He shall send from heaven, and save me {from} the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. {from the...: or, he reproacheth him that}

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I {am} the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. {perfect: or, upright, or, sincere}

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

The steps of a {good} man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. {ordered: or, established}

And he said, Blessed {be} the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I {being} in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed {each other}.

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

And Enoch walked with God: and he {was} not; for God took him.

Whereas thou camest {but} yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth {be} with thee. {go up...: Heb. wander in going}

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. {He...: Heb. The clean of hands}

But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation {is} near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. {judgment: or, equity}

Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

For the word of the LORD {is} right; and all his works {are done} in truth.

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth {his} conversation {aright} will I shew the salvation of God. {that...: Heb. that disposeth his way}

Who {is} wise, and he shall understand these {things}? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD {are} right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,

For my thoughts {are} not your thoughts, neither {are} your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Blessed {are} they that keep his testimonies, {and that} seek him with the whole heart.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou {art} the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

{As for} God, his way {is} perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he {is} a buckler to all those that trust in him. {tried: or, refined}

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. {with: Heb. of}

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth {is} mine:

Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

PE. Thy testimonies {are} wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word {which} he commanded to a thousand generations;

Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, {even} thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. {the psaltery: Heb. the instrument of psaltery}

For the word of the LORD {is} right; and all his works {are done} in truth.

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, {those that} remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

Whereas thou camest {but} yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth {be} with thee. {go up...: Heb. wander in going}

I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Her ways {are} ways of pleasantness, and all her paths {are} peace.

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth {shall be} to them that devise good.

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.